File Not Found error message when attempting to install VMware Fusion Player 13

[Jim Ellis]

I've made numerous attempts to install the VMware Fusion Player 13 on my Mac Studio with an M2 chip, running Sonoma 14.6.1. When I double-click the install button three successive windows pop up saying "File Not Found." Strangely, when I dismiss them I'm then taken to the Download Windows 11 window. I proceed to download the necessary files and am told the Windows 11 Iso was created and is placed at /Users/my name/Virtual Machines.localized/VMWIsoImages/Windows11_22631.2861_Professional_en-us_arm64.iso. I follow all the necessary steps until I reach this window below, and that's as far as I can get. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? 

[Technogeezer]

I assume that by "Fusion 13", you mean 13.5 or 13.6 - as Fusion 13.0 did not support Sonoma.

My suspicion is that you have an incomplete or broken Fusion installation. Can you collect a quick support information bundle and post it? 

Was your user account migrated from another Mac that had Fusion installed on it by using Apple's Migration Assistant?

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- Paul (technogeezer)
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[Jim Ellis]

Actually, since I posted my question I was able to figure out what I was doing wrong with the Windows 11 installation. However, as I then proceeded through the necessary steps to install Windows a new issue presented itself. When I got to where I needed to install the necessary Windows components via the Internet I hit a brick wall because I don't have an Ethernet connection. There was no other option provided to me. There must be some workaround -- sorry, I'm just too unknowledgeable to figure it out. 

To answer your questions, yes, I was attempting to install the latest version of Fusion available on the website, 13.6. If my Fusion download is incomplete or broken as you suggest, how do I get one that is functional and will install? And how do I collect a quick support information bundle? Of what? 

And no, the account I had I migrated from my previous Mac (a late 2015 iMac) did not have Fusion installed.

Thank you much for responding and your suggestions. 

[RARelph]

When you get to the screen that expects you to connect to the internet, hit Shift-F10 to bring up a command shell window. Then type “oobe\bypassnro”
That will restart the VM but when you get back to this step there will be a new option that allows setup without internet or a Microsoft account.
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-set-windows-11-without-microsoft-account

[Jim Ellis]

Thanks to all for your invaluable assistance and recommendations. Much appreciated! However, the whole process of getting VMware Fusion Player installed has been a daunting task for me, to say the least. I'm not particularly savvy regarding technical issues like this. I only wanted to download and use one Windows app, so I didn't need a full-blown Windows 11 environment. Plus, it was on an older iMac on which I have macOS Monterrey running, so I checked out alternative options. I opted to use Wine and Winebottler, and it seems to be working fine for my purposes. Thanks again!