Vmware Workstation 10 hangs after the last windows update

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  1. nechrist

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    #1 nechrist, Jan 15, 2014
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    Hey to everyone!

    After the last patch tuesday i got some strange behaviour from Vmware workstation 10 (same thing happens with the last vmware player build). After the windows update and after a system restart, vmware workstation process will start but hangs without doing anything: no window appear, and you only need to manually terminate the process. Run program as administrator seems to fix the problem but now i've found that the guest isolation ---> drag and drop files from host to guest doesn't work anymore. I already tried to completely unistall the program and reinstall it but without any luck. Anyone can confirm this ? As i already said, before yesterday, the program was always good. Thank you!

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    I forgot to say that the host os is Windows 7 sp1 x64.
     
  2. MrMagic

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    All working fine here, drag and drop hasn't worked since the last VMWare update iirc, but you can just copy / paste between host and guest instead
     
  3. nechrist

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    Thank you for answer. Do you have UAC enabled or disabled?
     
  4. MrMagic

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    I've got UAC set to the 2nd from bottom, it still prompts but doesn't dim the screen
     
  5. nechrist

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    I have the default setting. May you try with that pls ?
     
  6. MrMagic

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    Yep still working the same
     
  7. nechrist

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    Thank you for your help. I don't know why my installation acting like this after those updates...
     
  8. MrMagic

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    Just set the compatibility tab of the shortcut to "Run as Administrator" so it runs it like that automatically
     
  9. EFA11

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    just an FYI drag and drop in 10.0.1 works, not sure exactly what 10 you are using.
    Host: Win8.1 Ent
    Guests: Win7 Pro x64 and x86, WinXP Pro x86, and Win8.1 Ent x64
     
  10. MrMagic

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    10.0.1 build-1379776
     
  11. EFA11

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    yeah same build then. After doing a copy and paste can you drag drop?
     
  12. nechrist

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    I really don't know why but now it's working again like before and drag & drop works again too. I didn't do anything... It's really strange...
     
  13. murphy78

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    10.0.1 workstation works fine for me. I haven't tried player..