A secure connection to the server could not be established. Accessing shared VM's folder on localhost VMWare Workstation Pro 15.

[BobMck]

Hi,

My VMWare workstation (v15) was working fine till windows 10 updates recently and since multiple forced restarts i now get "A secure connection to the server could not be established."

when selecting Shared VM's does not even display the list of shared VMs it did before. 

I can start the VM's using player individually but unable to manage the VM's in VMware workstation Pro console.

I have searched the forums already but most references relate to remote issues. This is all on the same machine.

Bob

[BobMck]

Note I have managed to connect to the local host via "Connect to server", I did get certificate trust warnings which is strange as it is local machine. At least i can now manage the hosts. In Preferences -> Shared VM's there is error "VMware Workstaation currently does not have a connection to the Workstation Server. To connect, click on the "Shared VMs" item in the library. which still produces the original error.

[scott28tt]

Moderator: Please post issues to the correct product area. Thread moved to Workstation Pro.

[RDPetruska]

Sounds like the shared services aren't running.  Check your Services control panel applet; check the event viewer for any VMware error messages.

[BobMck]

VM services are running (attached) and nothing obvious in event log.

Warnings - vmaut warnings TicketLimitFileAccess: Successfully added access-allowed ACE to file's DACL.

Informational VMware NAT Service - started

Bob