robednz
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will player 16.5 work with windows11 as the host

hi can anyone tell me if player 16.5 will run under windows11 as the host and winxp as the virtual machine ? can't upgrade to player 17 as they have removed virtual printing

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scott28tt
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Consult this: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/80807

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RDPetruska
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@robednz wrote:

hi can anyone tell me if player 16.5 will run under windows11 as the host and winxp as the virtual machine ? can't upgrade to player 17 as they have removed virtual printing


You *can* upgrade to 17.  Just don't go any higher than 17.0.2.  They removed the virtual printing in 17.5.