Sigh.  I already re-ran the 17.0 Installer, but it wouldn't downgrade 17.5 to 17.0.  I un-installed 17.5 and re-installed 17.0.  All settings (license keys, drive sharing, VMs) had to be put back.  I also had to restore a Windows VM from a week-old backup so I lost a few minor updates/changes (but nothing major).  Fortunately, I monitor my CPU utilization and background processes or I wouldn't have known.

The Installer I had this issue with is VMware-workstation-full-17.0.2-21581411.exe.  Hopefully a new Installer with the fix gets posted soon so others don't have this issue too.

And yes.  I am security conscious.  That's why right off I didn't install a .exe file posted on a forum.