The error message about vmware-config.pl is wrong as it doesn exist anymore.
You can try running vmplayer as root.
So using sudo:
sudo /usr/bin/vmplayer
or you can try running vmware-modconfig or vmware-modconfig-console manually.
Although I admit that these last 2 commands do not seem to work out for me.
Noels answer sounds interesting as well...
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Wil
