Windows 10: VMware Workstation unable to connect to its ideal host controller

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If you are seeing VMware Workstation unable to connect to its ideal host controller, the problem is usually related to USB passthrough or the VMware USB controller inside the virtual machine. This error often appears when VMware cannot claim the USB device cleanly from the host machine. The device was unable to connect to its […]

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VMware Workstation 15 hangs and vmware-vmx is unkillable.

I have installed VMware Workstation 15.0.2 on a Windows 10 Enterprise 18348.19h1 host and am encountering a weird issue. When I start a VM, it doesn't boot but gets stuck on a black window. If I try to force reset it or anything like that, the
UI for power controls is disabled and if I try to manually kill vmware-vmx.exe, it just won't die. I've tried with Process Hacker and with Task Manager, to no avail. The only way to kill vmware-vmx.exe is to restart my host. The host is a Dell Inspiron 3650
with an Intel Core i3 6100, 8GBs of DDR3 RAM, a WD Blue 1TB HD and Intel HD Graphics 530. I have also downgraded to VMware Workstation 15.0.1 which also didn't fix the issue. The guest is Ubuntu 18.04, however no matter what OS i'm running in the guest, this
happens regardless.

 

Disabling Memory Integrity is causing windows 11 to BSOD while Powering on Vmware workstation host

If the version of VMware Workstation you're trying to operate is less than 16.2.x, then it's likely that's the reason for the failures, since earlier versions of Workstation 16 aren't supported using a Windows 11 host per the following VMware support document chart.

Supported host operating systems for Workstation Pro 16.x, 17.x and Workstation Player 16.x, 17.x (80807)

Even with those newer versions of Workstation 16, I found multiple support documents on the VMware Communities relating to issues with stability for either Windows 10 or 11 as hosts. Here's an example from over a year ago.

VMWare Workstation 16 on Windows 10 Home or Window... - VMware Technology Network VMTN

Since these Microsoft Community forums are focused on Windows consumer issues that don't especially include multiple virtualization platforms, I'd recommend you post in those VMware communities instead, since everyone there is focused on those specific types of issues.

Rob

 

Not able to access Pendrive connected to host in Vmware machine..

Hi Guys,

I am not able to access Pendrive connected to host in Vmware machine., what is the best way to do that?
I am using VMWARE Workstation 8.
Seen some youtube videos but still no success , so now would like to hear from experts here.

Thanks