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Recently, I updated my Windows 10 box to the 1909 level. In doing so, it told me that my (older) VMWare Player was incompatible, and I would have to uninstall it. I did so, figuring I’d just get the latest free VMWare and install it afterward.

However, the installer for that version of VMWare reports that it is incompatible with my version of Windows, and will not install.

While I won’t have major conniptions if I have to rebuild my virtual Linux Mint box in a different virtualizer (it was only for ‘playing around’ and getting familiar with Linux), I’d rather avoid it if possible.

Is there a way I can get VMWare Player to install on Windows 10 1909, or is there some sort of fundamental incompatibility that can’t be corrected?

Jeff Zeitlin
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Apparently, there was a pending reboot from an update that I never saw any notification of. When I got home last night, I saw that the computer in question had rebooted itself; I re-tried the installation of the VMWare I’d previously downloaded (since it was a version that supposedly works) with the intent of getting the exact error message to update the question with, and this time, the installation worked without a hiccup.

Jeff Zeitlin
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