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Why VMWare Player missing the vmnetcfg.exe utility and where to get it?

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00:00 Why Vmware Player Missing The Vmnetcfg.Exe Utility And Where To Get It?
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ANSWER 1

Score 15


A bug in the installer prevents the installation of the tool vmnetcfg.exe

Run setup again like this from Command Prompt (CMD):

VMware-player-3.1.1-282343.exe /e .\vmplayer

In vmplayer subdir you will find network.cab - extract it in explorer or 7zip, then find vmnetcfg.exe and copy to c:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player

I ran into this problem several times before and found the answer in some obscure forum. Figure I'd post the answer here for others and also for me in case I need it again :)



ANSWER 2

Score 7


Update (VMWare Player 12):

It's possible to extract vmnetcfg.exe from the VM Workstation installer using 7Zip File Manager.

  1. Install 7Z (http://www.7-zip.org/a/7z1604-x64.exe)
  2. Download VMWare Workstation Installer (something like VMware-workstation-full-12.5.2-4638234.exe)
  3. Using 7z File Manager, open the installer (right-click, "open inside").
  4. Now open Core.cab
  5. There lies vmnetcfg.exe. Extract it to C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player


ANSWER 3

Score 1


UPDATED: 30/JUN/2015

  • For VMware Player 6.x, you need both vmnetcfglib.dll and vmnetcfg.exe
  • For VMware Player 7.x, you only need vmnetcfg.exe.
  • You may follow this "step-by-step" tutorial, which also includes download links, in order to further simplify the explanation.


ANSWER 4

Score 1


For the VMware7 version you need to use VMware-workstation-full-11.1.x where the last number is the same of your VMplayer7.

I found a way in this guide:

http://www.blasterspike.it/2015/10/07/use-the-virtual-network-editor-in-vmware-player-7/

the files are iside of 'vmwareworkstation.msi' that appear like an application but it's an archive.

From the guide:

Open a prompt command, go to the directory where you have the installation package and extract the content with

VMware-workstation-full-12.0.0-2985596.exe /extract .\vmware

All files will be extracted into a vmware directory. Inside here you will find a package called vmwareworkstation.msi.
Extract it using 7-Zip. Enter the extracted directory and extract Core.cab.
Go inside the extract directory and you will find vmnetcfg.exe
Now copy this file into your VMware Player diretory, like

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player

Now you can open it and edit your interfaces.