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VMware Workstation Pro 15 was broken after windows updates install October 3, 2019—KB4524147 (OS Build 18362.388). Uninstall KB4524147 and reboot computer solved the issue.
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Log files' location
%TEMP%\VMware-%USERNAME%\
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Check hypervisorlaunchtype using bcdedit
PS C:\Windows\system32> bcdedit
Windows Boot Manager
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identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume5
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {8a7abfcf-8d21-11eb-b4dc-897293ea8553}
displayorder {current}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30
Windows Boot Loader
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identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 10
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {8a7abfd1-8d21-11eb-b4dc-897293ea8553}
displaymessageoverride Recovery
recoveryenabled Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {8a7abfcf-8d21-11eb-b4dc-897293ea8553}
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bootmenupolicy Standard
hypervisorlaunchtype Auto
PS C:\Windows\system32>
Turn off hypervisorlaunchtype
PS C:\Windows\system32> bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off
The operation completed successfully.
PS C:\Windows\system32> bcdedit
Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume5
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {8a7abfcf-8d21-11eb-b4dc-897293ea8553}
displayorder {current}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30
Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 10
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {8a7abfd1-8d21-11eb-b4dc-897293ea8553}
displaymessageoverride Recovery
recoveryenabled Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {8a7abfcf-8d21-11eb-b4dc-897293ea8553}
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard
hypervisorlaunchtype Off
PS C:\Windows\system32>
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