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Exception 0x0000005 (access violation) has occurred

  • 1.  Exception 0x0000005 (access violation) has occurred

    Posted Jul 02, 2015 10:48 AM

    We noticed VMWare tools on one of our hosts had an error prompt after logging in, it says:

    WMware Tools unrecoverable error: (vthread-3) Exception 0x0000005 (access violation) has occured.

    I ran the vm-support.vbs and have the support.zip.
    Which file in there should I check to see why we got this error and if we need to resolve this from happening?

    I've checked some articles that describe a similar problem:
    VMware KB: VMware Tools on a Windows virtual machine fails with the error: Exception 0xc0000005 (access violation)

    But this doesn't seem to be our case (ESXi 5.x) as on the host there's only 1 "hgfsUsability.dll".

    What is the official recommendation here to see why it's happening or what we need to do?