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Windows 10 Pro 1703 Creator's Update, Workstation 12.5.7 will not start unless set to Windows 7 Compatibility mode

Using Windows 10 Pro 1703 (Creator's Update) with Workstation Pro 12.5.7 does not work correctly.

Upon first install, vmWare Workstation 12.5.7 seemed to work okay. Sometime later, when clicking on the tray process, nothing would happen. Attempting to start via the VMware Workstation Pro shortcut icon would put the vmware.exe process in memory, but nothing would show up on the screen.

However, by right clicking on both vmware.exe and vmware-tray.exe, then setting "Run this program in compatibility mode for Windows 7" it seem to allow the product to work.

Why?

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