07-08-2015, 04:41 PM
In this tutorial i will show you how to fix core.cab is corrupt during installation of VMware Workstation.
ATTENTION : Make sure you made a registry backup before messing with registry because smallest mistake can cause problems!
1)Open regedit by pressing Win key + R and entering regedit in window.
2)To make backup do like this in picture below :
![[Image: 2015_07_08_183804.png]](https://s8.postimg.org/chmhpu3hh/2015_07_08_183804.png)
Navigate to this registry hive and find VMware entry and delete it : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services .
Main reason why you encounter this error because services are being left during uninstallation.
Note: You need to run installer as Administrator.
ATTENTION : Make sure you made a registry backup before messing with registry because smallest mistake can cause problems! 1)Open regedit by pressing Win key + R and entering regedit in window.
2)To make backup do like this in picture below :
Navigate to this registry hive and find VMware entry and delete it : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services .
Main reason why you encounter this error because services are being left during uninstallation.
Note: You need to run installer as Administrator.
![[Image: 9XvBVPq.png]](https://i.imgur.com/9XvBVPq.png)