Referred to VMware KB:VMware Knowledge Base
Did not help.
After doing a lot of research found the below solution very helpful to resolve the issue:
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Fixed error in VMware Workstation on Windows 10 host
Transport (VMDB) error -14: Pipe connection has been broken.
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Today we will be fixing VMWare error on a windows 10 computer.
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1. In RUN box type "gpedit" then Goto
- Computer Configuration
- Administrative Templates
- System - Device Guard
- Turn on Virtualization Based Security.
Now Double click that and "Disable"
2. Open Command Prompt as Administrator and type the following
gpupdate /force
3. Open Registry Editor, now Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard. Add a new DWORD value named EnableVirtualizationBasedSecurity and set it to 0 to disable it.
Next Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\LSA. Add a new DWORD value named LsaCfgFlags and set it to 0 to disable it.
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4. In RUN box, type Turn Windows features on or off, now uncheck Hyper-V and restart system.
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5. Open command prompt as a administrator and type the following commands
bcdedit /create {0cb3b571-2f2e-4343-a879-d86a476d7215} /d "DebugTool" /application osloader
bcdedit /set {0cb3b571-2f2e-4343-a879-d86a476d7215} path "\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\SecConfig.efi"
bcdedit /set {bootmgr} bootsequence {0cb3b571-2f2e-4343-a879-d86a476d7215}
bcdedit /set {0cb3b571-2f2e-4343-a879-d86a476d7215} loadoptions DISABLE-LSA-ISO,DISABLE-VBS
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off
Now, Restart your system
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Manage Windows Defender Credential Guard : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/credential-guard/credential-gu...
