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[fixed]VMware installation problem (The MSI Failed)

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VMWARE INSTALLATION

MSI FAILED

THE MSI FAILED

These following steps will show you how to fix VMware installation problem (The MSI Failed).

Step 1:

1) Go to ‘Temp’ directory, located under user (profile folder) who does the installation/uninstallation in his computer.

C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Local\Temp

or just go to "win+R" type %TEMP% ...

2) Make sure none of the VMware installation or uninstallation process is running. Select and Delete all vmware files and folders in this location.

3) Restart the computer: "win+R" type shutdown -r -t 0.

Step 2:

After restarting the computer open command prompt and run the following commands.

• "win+R" type cmd.
• Switch to admin: runas /user:(username) cmd enter password to run cmd as admin.
• Change directory where you have VMware setup:
  cd d:\vmware
• Then lunch installation: VMware-workstation.exe /x /v EULAS_AGREED=1, you should add /v EULAS_AGREED=1 to enable licence agreement.
• Wait for a while and click next then modify...

enjoy the installation

(!) please comment below for any clarifications