Software update: VMware Workstation Player 12.1 build 3272444

VMware has released version 12.1 of Workstation Player. Player is free software to create and run virtual machines. However, a fee is charged for commercial use. Simply put, it is a simplified implementation of other VMware products, such as Workstation, Server, and ESX Server. Microsoft Virtual PC virtual machines and Symantec LiveState Recovery disks are also supported. In addition, several pre-installed virtual machines can be installed via this page are downloaded, such as Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora. In version 12, support for Windows 10 and various Linux distributions has been added, the entry and exit from sleep mode is faster and USB 3.0 can now also be used under Windows 7. In this update, the following problems have also been fixed. :

Resolved Issues

• When creating a new virtual machine, if you select a Windows 10 version 1511 ISO file in the New Virtual Machine Wizard, the wizard says “Windows 10 detected. The operating system will use Easy Install”. But in the next step, the “Version of Windows to install” dialog box only displays options for Windows Server 2012 R2.
• When you run Microsoft Excel 2013 on a Windows 10 virtual machine, the application responds to your input with a one-second delay.
• When you issue the vmrun command with the nogui option on VMware Workstation 12 Player, the command fails
• When a UAS device is connected to a guest operating system and you turn the device off and back on, the device does not successfully reconnect to the guest. In Workstation Pro when you select VM > Removable Devices, the device is listed as connected to the guest, but the device does not appear in Windows Explorer within the guest.