Software Update: VMware Workstation Player 12.5.2 build 4638234

VMware has released version 12.5.2 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 Pro, 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. As the small jump in version number suggests, some minor issues have been fixed in this release.

Resolved Issues

• When you install the VMware VIX API files, some files install to C:\, even when you select the default install path of C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware VIX.
• Trying to execute vmrun commands on a RHEL 6.8 or CentOS 6.8 host machine, results in errors.
• After VMware Workstation Player is uninstalled, the following driver-related files remain on the Windows host operating system: vmciver.dll.

Known Issues

• Virtual Machines running Linux kernel version 4.7 or above may crash during installation or during power-on with a crash in the intel_powerclamp driver. This issue has been reported with Ubuntu 16.10, but it is a generic Linux kernel issue.
  Workaround: VMware is working with the OS vendors to have them fix their respective kernels. Until a fix is ​​available, you can blacklist the intel_powerclamp driver so that the buggy code doesn’t get loaded.
• After VMware Workstation Player is uninstalled, the following driver-related files remain on the Windows host operating system in C:\Windows\System32\drivers:
  • hcmon.sys
  • vmci.sys
  • vmx86.sys
  • vmkbd.sys in case Enhanced Keyboard Driver was installed.

  Workaround: Manually delete hcmon.sys, vmci.sys, vmx86.sys, and vmkbd.sys.