Upgrade to 15.5.7 failed. "User did not accept license agreement by passing EULAS_AGREED=1"

[DaveRA]

Had 15.5.6 installed. Tried to upgrade to 15.5.7. I checked all the license agreement in setup dialog and got this error:  "The user did not accept the license agreement by passing EULAS_AGREEMENT=1 on the command line".

This setup uninstalled the previous version so currently I cannot run any VMs.

Is there a fix? What can I do to work around this?

 

Thanks

[wila]

Hi,

Have you tried downloading a full version of the setup and run that install?

Download from here: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads/info/slug/desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_workstation_pro/15_0

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Wil

[Ian13]

I tried downloading the full version and got the same error message

[ender_]

Try running the VMWare installer from command line, and put EULAS_AGREED=1 at the end, something like this:

 

[Ian13]

Unfortunately that did not work.  A dialog came up showing some command line options /a, /s etc

 

[Ian13]

[mk722c]

This worked for me.

 

VMware-player-full-17.0.0-20800274.exe /s /l c:\VMware-player-full-17.0.0-20800274.exe \vmware.log /v/qn REBOOT=ReallySuppress EULAS_AGREED=1 AUTOSOFTWAREUPDATE=0 DATACOLLECTION=0 DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=0 STARTMENU_SHORTCUT=1 ADDLOCAL=ALL REMOVE="" COMPONENTDOWNLOAD=0

[SupsCray]

This worked for me, thanks. 

[SupsCray]

This variation worked for me: 

 

vm16inst.exe /s /a /l c:\temp\vmware.log /v/qn EULAS_AGREED=1 AUTOSOFTWAREUPDATE=0 DATACOLLECTION=0 DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=1 STARTMENU_SHORTCUT=1 ADDLOCAL=ALL COMPONENTDOWNLOAD=0

[SupsCray]

You might try a few options. Using the command line below should work, just replace the name of the EXE with the name of the file you are using. 

vm16inst.exe /s /a /l c:\temp\vm16inst.exe \vmware.log /v/qn EULAS_AGREED=1 AUTOSOFTWAREUPDATE=0 DATACOLLECTION=0 DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=1 STARTMENU_SHORTCUT=1 ADDLOCAL=ALL COMPONENTDOWNLOAD=0

 

NOTE:  The command above will install VMware to C:\VMware and will not make an entry into the Programs and Features for easy removal. To "uninstall", simply delete the VMware directory from C:\

 

OR

Extract the MSI installer and install it using the normal GUI, and it will give you the option to "accept the EULA". 

vm16inst.exe /x  

The command above will extract the MSI installers to %TEMP% folder. Look for a folder with the name like this, and with a time stamp close to when you extracted it:  {F0005601-22C2-4044-BE2F-F2A83403B662}~setup 

Copy the files to a new location and use the VMwarePlayer.msi to install. You can use the switches to automate it, or just go through the install using the GUI. 

Picture #3 is the dreaded "EULA" box that you can now check.   

 

 

 

MSI CLI switch commands

Windows ® Installer. V 5.0.19041.1

msiexec /Option <Required Parameter> [Optional Parameter]

Install Options
</package | /i> <Product.msi>
Installs or configures a product
/a <Product.msi>
Administrative install - Installs a product on the network
/j<u|m> <Product.msi> [/t <Transform List>] [/g <Language ID>]
Advertises a product - m to all users, u to current user
</uninstall | /x> <Product.msi | ProductCode>
Uninstalls the product
Display Options
/quiet
Quiet mode, no user interaction
/passive
Unattended mode - progress bar only
/q[n|b|r|f]
Sets user interface level
n - No UI
b - Basic UI
r - Reduced UI
f - Full UI (default)
/help
Help information
Restart Options
/norestart
Do not restart after the installation is complete
/promptrestart
Prompts the user for restart if necessary
/forcerestart
Always restart the computer after installation
Logging Options
/l[i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|x|+|!|*] <LogFile>
i - Status messages
w - Nonfatal warnings
e - All error messages
a - Start up of actions
r - Action-specific records
u - User requests
c - Initial UI parameters
m - Out-of-memory or fatal exit information
o - Out-of-disk-space messages
p - Terminal properties
v - Verbose output
x - Extra debugging information
+ - Append to existing log file
! - Flush each line to the log
* - Log all information, except for v and x options
/log <LogFile>
Equivalent of /l* <LogFile>
Update Options
/update <Update1.msp>[;Update2.msp]
Applies update(s)
/uninstall <PatchCodeGuid>[;Update2.msp] /package <Product.msi | ProductCode>
Remove update(s) for a product
Repair Options
/f[p|e|c|m|s|o|d|a|u|v] <Product.msi | ProductCode>
Repairs a product
p - only if file is missing
o - if file is missing or an older version is installed (default)
e - if file is missing or an equal or older version is installed
d - if file is missing or a different version is installed
c - if file is missing or checksum does not match the calculated value
a - forces all files to be reinstalled
u - all required user-specific registry entries (default)
m - all required computer-specific registry entries (default)
s - all existing shortcuts (default)
v - runs from source and recaches local package
Setting Public Properties
[PROPERTY=PropertyValue]

 

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vmware msi installer switch commands.txt   2 KB 1 version

[dogwater]

I am amazed and astounded at a company as big as VMWare has not fixed this problem in over 6 years.

If you are on Windows 10, the quickest way to solve this problem is:

1. Put the update installer on the desktop
2. Right-click the installer and "create shortcut" which will add another icon (the shortcut) to your desktop
3. Right-click the shortcut that got created and select properties
4. In the "target" box after the .exe (or .msi) add an extra space and then add /v EULAS_AGREED=1

So your target box will look similar to:
C:\Users\<YOURACCOUNT>\Desktop\VMware-something-something-X.X.X-XXXXXXXX.exe /v EULAS_AGREED=1
Now click OK to save your changes, and run the updater/installer. It will let you install.

[VMware Community Member]

Gracias, funcionó a la perfección. Ni siquiera el service desk de la compañía podia instalarlo