I recently attempted to upgrade VmWare 9.0.1 Workstation to 9.0.2. I made the mistake of not first turning off Comodo Antivirus. Comodo falsely identified the upgrade to be a worm. Shortly afterwards the upgrade processs failed.
I have not been abe to install VMWare 9.0.1 or VMWare 9.0.2 since and need help to get this program running again on my system.
I am only posting this after having followed the following steps:
1.) Initial problem: VMWare thought that it is still installed and refused to install.
I tried uninstalling VMWare but that did not work either.
I tried steps outlined in "Cleaning up after an incomplete uninstallation on a Windows host (1308)"
Link: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=1308)
Following these steps led to successful removal of VMWare 9.0 Workstation. This led me to problem #2 because...
2.) I can still not install VMWare 9.0.1 or VMWare 9.0.2. The installer fails with the following error message:
Steps I have tried thus far:
- All the steps outlined in "Troubleshooting an MSI error during a VMware product or Tools installation (1031302)"
- I have tried the VMWare uninstaller in step 1 without change in outcome.
- I have tried to install VMWare after a fresh start (always with Antivirus off etc.) from a freshly created admin account getting the exact same message as above.
- I have tried to download Windows Installer 4.5 (there is no 5.0 WI). The installer refuses to install because WI 5.0 is already installed.
- To see if WI 5.0 works, I have tried to install and uninstall other Programs (ActivePerl, Mumble and Epson Drivers) in order to determine whether other programs also fail to install/uninstall. Those programs install/uninstall without any programs.
- I have tried to install VMWare 9.0.2 from a fresh admin account after clearing out temp folders and restarting.
At this point, I don't know what to do. I really need VMWare Workstation to work on my laptop and would like it to since I paid for it out of my own pocket. Is there anyone who can help? What is wrong with this installer?