Yes, I know this question has already been answered. No, none of the other tricks has worked, and I will go in each detail.
Side Note: I do have Virtualbox running BUT apperaently it cannot handle any Linux Based OS besides Kali. I am trying to get CentOS, Linux Mint, DSL(D@mn Small Linux), and Ubuntu in a VM
Operating System/Hardware Stats:
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit OS
Intel Xeon CPU Quad Core W5590 @3.33GHz/Core
RAM: 5.00 GB
Computer Name: Virtual-PC
Account Name: Virtual
Access Type: Administrator
Installation File Name: Vm,ware-player-4.0.6-1035888
Same error when I right-click and choose "Run as Administrator"
Error: The MSI C:\Users\Virtual\AppData\Local\Temp\vmware_1420330020\vmwarevmcisockets64.msi failed
I created the folder "vmware_1420328319", "vmware_1420330020", and "vmware_14203330410" in the C:\Users\Virtual\AppData\Local\Temp\ path, but every time I return the application, it change the folder that I just created.
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Steps I have done:
- windows 7 - Installling VMware Player 4.0.3 fails - Super User
- Create folder C:\Temp if it doesn't already exist. Delete everything in there and put the self-extracting executable in it. In my case the file is called VMware-player-4.0.2-591240.exe. Open up your command prompt (Start->Run->cmd.exe) and then navigate to the folder where the .exe file is located by typing cd C:\Temp. Then type this C:\Temp>VMware-player-4.0.2-591240.exe /e. Download InstEdit (trust me you will need it because some shmuck at VMware didn't test their installation packages throughly). Start the installation by running C:\Temp\VMware-player-4.0.2-591240.exe. This creates a folder inside C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Temp\vmware_%random_number%. (In my case this is where installation stopped prematurely) copy this folder \vmware_%random_number% into C:\Temp\ folder. If you are getting "Error 2732. Directory Manager not initialized" message when you try to start the player then follow instructions here. Instructions are a little hard to follow but you will get through it eventually. Running msiexec with /qn option [/q Sets User Interface level /n Sets it to None] was what did it for me so don't mess with these options. Player will "quietly" install and you won't even know it's there until you check your Start menu.
- Result: C:\Users\Virtual>C:\Temp\VMware-player-4.0.6-1035888.exe /e <=== Bad Argument for extract
- Create folder C:\Temp if it doesn't already exist. Delete everything in there and put the self-extracting executable in it. In my case the file is called VMware-player-4.0.2-591240.exe. Open up your command prompt (Start->Run->cmd.exe) and then navigate to the folder where the .exe file is located by typing cd C:\Temp. Then type this C:\Temp>VMware-player-4.0.2-591240.exe /e. Download InstEdit (trust me you will need it because some shmuck at VMware didn't test their installation packages throughly). Start the installation by running C:\Temp\VMware-player-4.0.2-591240.exe. This creates a folder inside C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Temp\vmware_%random_number%. (In my case this is where installation stopped prematurely) copy this folder \vmware_%random_number% into C:\Temp\ folder. If you are getting "Error 2732. Directory Manager not initialized" message when you try to start the player then follow instructions here. Instructions are a little hard to follow but you will get through it eventually. Running msiexec with /qn option [/q Sets User Interface level /n Sets it to None] was what did it for me so don't mess with these options. Player will "quietly" install and you won't even know it's there until you check your Start menu.
- Bug Report - Win7 - Vmware Player - vmwarevmcisocket64.msi Failed
- Work Around:
- 1) Create the folder that the above log file wants to write out to, and the install will work properly.
- e.g. mkdir C:\Users\dan\AppData\Local\Temp\
- 2) Re-run the installer.
- Result: Same error as above about the vmwarevmcisockets64.msi failed
- Work Around:
If anyone else has any ideas that I can try. Please let me know. I have read one article about someone successfully extracting the .msi package and was able to install that way, but I cannot find out how to do that. Also I seriously doubt any of the VMWare employees read this, but if they do, your getting lazy on making sure your products stay working. At least virtualbox was a nice simple install, compare o this so called program. I love the interface of VMWare and how to works, but I can't stand the installation, specially when it has become this much of a pain.