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XP won"t run any .exe starting with VM !??!

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 06/17/2009
From: dlhayes
Message:

Freaky.. My VMware stopped working without notice. I uninstalled the
VMplayer and attempted reinstalling, to my shock, I didn't have permission to
install. Following attempts showed no warnings. Tricked the reinstaller by
renaming it to 'player.exe' and it worked. VMWare player still didn't work,
changed the VMplayer.exe to Mplayer.exe and it opened, but subsequent
services it calls (VMdns.exe, VMservices.exe etc) can't be opened. I change
notepad.exe to vmnotepad.exe and it fails. How on earth? Anyone hazard a
guess? Malbytes shows up clean.

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Re: XP won"t run any .exe starting with VM !??!

Sent: 06/17/2009
From: dlhayes
Message:

"VanguardLH" wrote:

OK wrong group.. it's a Windows issue related to Virtualisation and I don't
know where else to start. It's a VMplayer or any other file with VM*.exe on
my real machine. I was hoping that someone might have had a clue as to why
this is occurring or how to stop it. Point me to another group if you know
where.
thanks

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> dlhayes wrote:
>
> > Freaky.. My VMware stopped working without notice. I uninstalled the
> > VMplayer and attempted reinstalling, to my shock, I didn't have permission to
> > install. Following attempts showed no warnings. Tricked the reinstaller by
> > renaming it to 'player.exe' and it worked. VMWare player still didn't work,
> > changed the VMplayer.exe to Mplayer.exe and it opened, but subsequent
> > services it calls (VMdns.exe, VMservices.exe etc) can't be opened. I change
> > notepad.exe to vmnotepad.exe and it fails. How on earth? Anyone hazard a
> > guess? Malbytes shows up clean.
>
> You are asking about VMWare (just the Player?). You are asking in a
> VirtualPC newswgroup. So why are you trying to run VMware Player inside
> a virtual machine managed by VirtualPC?
>

Re: XP won"t run any .exe starting with VM !??!

Sent: 06/17/2009
From: VanguardLH <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

dlhayes wrote:

You are asking about VMWare (just the Player?). You are asking in a
VirtualPC newswgroup. So why are you trying to run VMware Player inside
a virtual machine managed by VirtualPC?

Show quoted text

> Freaky.. My VMware stopped working without notice. I uninstalled the
> VMplayer and attempted reinstalling, to my shock, I didn't have permission to
> install. Following attempts showed no warnings. Tricked the reinstaller by
> renaming it to 'player.exe' and it worked. VMWare player still didn't work,
> changed the VMplayer.exe to Mplayer.exe and it opened, but subsequent
> services it calls (VMdns.exe, VMservices.exe etc) can't be opened. I change
> notepad.exe to vmnotepad.exe and it fails. How on earth? Anyone hazard a
> guess? Malbytes shows up clean.

Re: XP won"t run any .exe starting with VM !??!

Sent: 06/17/2009
From: VanguardLH <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

dlhayes wrote:

Since the problem is not within a guest OS under VirtualPC, you might
want to ask in a newsgroup that discusses your version of Windows.
Before asking I'd first try stopping all VMWare services and then
retesting.

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> "VanguardLH" wrote:
>
>> dlhayes wrote:
>>
>>> Freaky.. My VMware stopped working without notice. I uninstalled the
>>> VMplayer and attempted reinstalling, to my shock, I didn't have permission to
>>> install. Following attempts showed no warnings. Tricked the reinstaller by
>>> renaming it to 'player.exe' and it worked. VMWare player still didn't work,
>>> changed the VMplayer.exe to Mplayer.exe and it opened, but subsequent
>>> services it calls (VMdns.exe, VMservices.exe etc) can't be opened. I change
>>> notepad.exe to vmnotepad.exe and it fails. How on earth? Anyone hazard a
>>> guess? Malbytes shows up clean.
>>
>> You are asking about VMWare (just the Player?). You are asking in a
>> VirtualPC newswgroup. So why are you trying to run VMware Player inside
>> a virtual machine managed by VirtualPC?
>>
> OK wrong group.. it's a Windows issue related to Virtualisation and I don't
> know where else to start. It's a VMplayer or any other file with VM*.exe on
> my real machine. I was hoping that someone might have had a clue as to why
> this is occurring or how to stop it. Point me to another group if you know
> where.
> thanks

RE: XP won"t run any .exe starting with VM !??!

Sent: 07/02/2009
From: Jimmy Bosse
Message:

I am having the same problem. It didn't even occur to me to rename the file.
I tried to reinstall the player and it wouldn't even do that! What a weird
thing.

"dlhayes" wrote:

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Re: XP won"t run any .exe starting with VM !??!

Sent: 07/27/2009
From: Raphael <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Hello,

I am experiencing exactly the same problem, any ideas ?

Thanks,
Raphael Neve
(email address - cut out)

On 3 juil, 05:12, Jimmy Bosse <Jimmy (email address - cut out)>
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> I am having the same problem. It didn't even occur to me to rename the fi=
> I tried to reinstall the player and it wouldn't even do that! What a weir=
> thing.
>
> "dlhayes" wrote:
> > Freaky.. My VMware stopped working without notice. =A0I uninstalled the
> > VMplayer and attempted reinstalling, to my shock, I didn't have permiss=
> > install. =A0Following attempts showed no warnings. =A0Tricked the reins=
> > renaming it to 'player.exe' and it worked. =A0VMWare player still didn'=
> > changed the VMplayer.exe to Mplayer.exe and it opened, but subsequent
> > services it calls (VMdns.exe, VMservices.exe etc) can't be opened. =A0I=
> > notepad.exe to vmnotepad.exe and it fails. =A0How on earth? Anyone haza=
> > guess? Malbytes shows up clean.

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