VMware Workstation 17 Crashed when edit a vm settings

[nathanniu]

After upgrade to 17.0 from 16, When try to edit a vm setting, VMware Workstation 17 crashed everytime.

Please see the attatchments.

[dariusd]

Thanks for reporting this.  We are aware of this particular VMware Workstation application crash (Exception 0xc0000094 while editing VM settings) and we are working on a fix to go into a future patch release.  In the meantime, downgrade the virtual machine's compatibility to Workstation 16.2.x and it should then be possible to edit the virtual machine settings again.

[justajeffy]

DOWNGRADE to 16 ? That's seriously the current solution to this problem!??

[justajeffy]

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[dariusd]

Hi justajeffy,

To be clear: You do not need to downgrade the VMware Workstation program.

All that is required is to downgrade the compatibility level for your virtual machine – which can be done entirely within Workstation 17 by following the instructions I linked earlier, without needing to go into the VM settings page – and then your VM will work correctly in Workstation 17.

[Ilgaz]

Hello

On  Workstation 17 "player", when the VM isn't running, the manage VM option is grayed out.

[tymchenko]

You can try to open vm using VMWare player and downgrade.

[MikeMcC399]

I updated to VMware Workstation 17 Pro 17.0.1 and the problem no longer occurs.

BTW: When 17.0.1 was offered for update, I clicked on Learn more and was taken to an inaccessible link for a beta version instead of an accessible link for the released patch version.