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gcaramia
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Workstation16Pro(windows) take 4 minutes to start

I just upgraded to Workstation Pro 16.1.0 build-17198959  from Workstation15.
Workstation 15 was very fast at startup; something as 2 sec.
Workstation 16 Pro takes more than 4 minutes to start. I mean 4 minutes between the click on the icon and when the window appears.
Once started, everything happens quickly as before.
I use Microsoft Antivirus and I also tried to exclude the program folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation

Please, somebody can help me ?
Hardware is :
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz 2.40 GHz
RAM:          10.0 GB (9.89 GB utilizzabile)
O.S. windows 10 64 bit, processor basato su x64

Thanks

 

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vmuser8
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I had this problem start today after a reboot (only recent change to OS was an Intel Component update from windows update).  It now takes close to 10 minutes before the Workstation16Pro window opens.  Luckily the Workstation 16 Player is not impacted by this.  No idea what is causing this -- CPU usage is ~3% for vmware workstation during this time. 

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