I kept getting this error when I was installing the VMWare Remote Console:
When your installing the your VMware product of choice, HCMON is installed as a hardware driver, which is the problem. Windows interprets this as a user adding hardware to the PC and in many environments that is something your operating system security or administrator may not automatically allow. رفع ارور Failed to install the hcmon driver هنگام نصب محصولات Vmware در ویندوز اگر در زمان نصب برنامه VMWare Remote Console، با ارور Failed to install the hcmon driver روبرو شده اید، راه حل های ساده این ارور را با هم در این پست خواهیم دید. Failed to install the hcmon driver. Now I've come across several simple things that should help me, but it didn't: remove vsphere client, install remote console and reinstall vsphere client; install with extra admin priviliges; Do a register workaround (enable HCmon, install, remove regkey). What's in the Release Notes The release notes cover the following topics: What's New; Compatibility and Installation; Known Issues; What's New. VMware Remote Console 8.0 provides complete functionality on virtual machine operations and settings to vSphere administrators, but only limited functionality is available on virtual machine operations such as console, mouse and keyboard operations to. If you get error “Failed to install the hcmon driver” during installing the VMware products (vSphere, Remote Console, etc.), don’t worry. You can fix the problem with one of the solutions in this article. What is the HCMON driver? HCMON driver is a virtual USB driver.
Failed to install the hcmon driver
Failed To Install Hcmon Driver Windows 10 Pro
and then the installer would exit.
To get around this, I launched an elevated command prompt and executed the installer through the shell.
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Search for cmd
in your start menu and right click it.
Run as administrator. Accept the UAC prompt and change to the directory that has your VMRC installer.