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VMware Workstation Pro on Windows 10

VMware Workstation Pro 15 is broken after upgrade to Windows 10 1903

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.

Set default location of virtual machines

VMware Workstation Pro - Set default location of virtual machines

Set location for screenshot

VMware Workstation Pro - Set location for screenshot

Log files' location

%TEMP%\VMware-%USERNAME%\

Install macOS Unlocker for VMware Workstation

VMware Workstation after installing Unlock

VMware Workstation does not support nested virtualization on this host

VMware Workstation does not support nested virtualization on this host

Check hypervisorlaunchtype using bcdedit

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    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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