If you need further assistance, please do not hesitate to post a reply. Nightly and release builds of Libav linked with various libraries are done for. Regarding the Virtual box error, we also recommend that you reach out to Virtual box support. 1 (32bit/x86/i686) VM Image Available for VirtualBox and Vmware. The Microsoft Runtime DLL installer failed. Here is their official support article about this error: If the issue persists, we suggest that you reach out to VMWare for further support. If you see a User Account Control prompt, accept it. Look for the installer executable file (ie. (If you have downloaded it from the Internet, it might be located in the Downloads folder.)Ģ. Open File Explorer and navigate to the VMWare Workstation Pro installation folder. In line with this, let's try running the installer with administrator rights. The installer might need these rights to make changes. You might be experiencing this issue because the installer is not running with administrator rights. If I seem VMware with any updates about this issue will update this post.Installing VMWare workstation pro on Windows 10 Home Edition There are a couple of other suggestions for a fix but I cannot test them as I had already fixed it and upgraded. Then I stumbled on a Reddit post about it. Unfortunately the VMTN forums were down for maintenance so I couldn’t check there. I thought this was maybe me as I couldn’t find anything online of the issue. Here is a screenshot after doing the x86 version:Īfter the reboot I kicked off the update from inside Workstation and it proceeded no problem. I started with the x86 version then the 圆4, with a reboot after each one. There you will see the x86 and 圆4 versions of the installer. To fix go to the latest download for the package - The latest supported Visual C++ downloads I was running Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable 8. The WorkaroundĪs it was a new release I wondered if I had the latest redistributable. Also it mentions needing Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable version 14.x which I had installed. Workstation 15.5 comes with Tools v11 as detailed by Johnson in this blog post. I checked that but that seems specific to Tools version 10.3. Rebooting brings it back and clicking No cancels the update. On restart I kicked off the installer again and got the same issue! It seemed to not be able to get past this prompt. No problem - the VC Redistributables often need a reboot so I did it. It starts to install and throws this prompt: When checking for a new version using Help.Software Updates it was correctly seeing v15.5 was available. The Issueīoth machines are Windows 10 (19 both fully patched for that version) running VMware Workstation 15.1.0. I very eagerly tried to update my work machine and personal machines and hit a strange error that seems related to Visual C++ Redistributable not being installed properly or up to date. VMware released Workstation 15.5 today ( here is the announcement). VMware Workstation 15.5 Installation Issue

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