During the uninstallation of VMware Tool form Windows Server, it gives below error: Perform below steps to troubleshoot this issue.
Error 1316. A network error occurred while attempting to read from the file C:\Windows\Installer\VMware Tools.msi
Uninstall VM tool to perform complete cleanup:-
Try to Uninstall VM Tool by using below command. This command will perform complete cleanup on Windows Server. It will remove all registry entries related to VM Tool, and also remove older version of VM tool if exist.
Go to Start >> Run >> Type CMD
For 32 Bit OS: setup /c
For 64 Bit OS: setup64 /c