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DavidL201110141
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Contributor
‎06-06-2018 12:34 PM

Running Workstation Pro 14 and Vista x64 guest

Running Workstation Pro 14 on a Windows 10 x64 host.  After Installing Vista x64 as a guest with no 3rd party applications installed, I installed Vmware Tools v10.2.5 with no errors.  Rebooted virtual vista machine and boot failed. Left with choice of rolling back to last working configuration (before VMware tools) or booting in safe mode.

Tried this multiple times, but always have same results. Vista x64 will not run normally if tools are installed.  Any help would be appreciated.

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bonnie201110141
VMware Employee
VMware Employee
‎06-07-2018 02:32 AM

How did you reboot your guest os? Did you choose VM > Power > Restart Guest?

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DavidL201110141
Contributor
Contributor
‎06-07-2018 08:56 AM

After the tools install you are prompted to restart vm,  I just allowed this prompt to restart vista.

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bonnie201110141
VMware Employee
VMware Employee
‎06-11-2018 11:15 PM

Will you please attach a screenshot when guest fails to start? And also vmware.log from your VM directory. Thanks a lot!

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DavidL201110141
Contributor
Contributor
‎06-13-2018 04:02 AM

What is the file name of the log file and folder on a windows 10 host?

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