Windows 11 24h2: Failed to connect pipe to virtual machine

[hallucination]

Clean install W11 (24h2) and VMware (17.6.4)

I create a new virtual machine with this problem, the old virtual machines saved on the second hard drive also have it...

installed, reinstalled. repaired, nothing works.

vmware-vmplayer-16836.log (as user)

vmware-ui-17620.log (as admin)

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vmware-ui-17620.log   30 KB 1 version

vmware-vmplayer-16836.log   38 KB 1 version

[Dhairya Tomar]

Request you to try clean install of WS using below steps and update if everything works fine-

1. Clean Uninstall Workstation Pro by following below:

    a) Uninstall WS Pro/Player.

    b) Go to this location - C:\ProgramData\VMware and delete the folders for VMware Workstation and VMware Player.

    c) Go to this location - C:\Users\dtomar\AppData\Roaming\VMware and delete all the files inside

    d) Go to this location - C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware and delete the folders for VMware Workstation and VMware Player.

5) Install WS Pro/Player

2. Please stop related services
if any by "sc stop serviceName" in cmd with administrative with priviledge

sc stop VMUSBArbService

sc stop hcmon

sc stop vmusb

3. Remove drivers:

del
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\hcmon.sys

del
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\vmusb.sys

remove hcmon, vmusb from here
C:\Windows\System32\DRVSTORE

4. Remove registry related to WS
Pro:

reg delete
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc." /f

reg delete
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc." /f

5. 

     a.Stop 'VMware USB Arbitration service'
from services.msc if running. 

     b.Delete below registry entries for 

         i."VMUSBArbService from
"Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMUSBArbService"

        
ii."Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vmusb"

     c.Delete same entries from
CurrentControlSet001 if any. 

6. Delete usb folders from
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\VMware\USB"

7. Delete hcmon and vmusb
from  C:\Program Files\Common
Files\VMware\Drivers\hcmon & C:\Program Files\Common 

        Files\VMware\Drivers\vmusb

8. Reboot your system and
install WS Pro.

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[James Lin]

When you attempt to power on a VM, do you know if the vmware-vmx.exe process starts at all?

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