Windows 8: Problems installing VMWare Player

Question

I'm really going nuts trying to figure out why I can't install VMWare Player on my PC. I'm running Win8 x64

At first I ran the installer which completes with errors. The error is this: enter image description here

I bypassed this by copying the temporary folder created during the installation on my desktop and running the vmwareplayer_x64.msi manually. Everything seems to go ok when suddenly I get an "failed to install the hcmon driver" error.

I've tried following these instructions Installing VMware Player via MSI failed (which are on the vmware support site as well) but I can't even find the "non-plug and play drivers" section and on the internet I can't find how to fix this.

I've also tried running the installation as administrator but with no success.

Any suggestion? Thank you in advance!

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 07 '13 at 15:26

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Fixed it!

Unbeliveably it was Avast. I had to uninstall it, restart my PC and retry installing VMWare and it succeded... It seems Avast was blocking something... no words.

Thank you anyway

answered Aug 07 '13 at 15:26

Andrea Silvestri

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With VMPlayer 6 the problem has been fixed! – Andrea Silvestri Mar 28 '14 at 13:45

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 05 '13 at 14:57

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Try running the setup as Administrator. (Right click on it --> Run As Administrator)
Or log on to the Administrator account of your PC and give it a try.

answered Aug 05 '13 at 14:57

Sorry, didn't mention it in the question, but I've already tried it with no success. – Andrea Silvestri Aug 05 '13 at 15:23

Windows 8: Problems installing VMWare Player

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