Issue: Whenever we exit VMware Workstation (vmware.exe), we receive PROMPT stating
"VMware Workstation has stopped responding" | "VMware Unity Helper has stopped working"
http://www.imagebam.com/image/55a2fb245934855
PROMPT is received when using 9.0.2-1031769. If we are running 9.0.1-894247, then we won't
receive a PROMPT, but still, Windows logs Application Fault for these binaries - vmware.exe | vmware-unity-helper.exe ... as seen below
http://www.imagebam.com/image/bd755a245934888
http://www.imagebam.com/image/509e61245934873
VMware.exe also stops responding when we click HELP > ABOUT VMWARE WORKSTATION
Interestingly, this issue only OCCURS when we have defined Logging= "FALSE" parameter in Global Config file. If we define this parameter
in the Individual VM - VMX --- then this Issue doesn't occur.
We tested this issue with 9.0.2-1031769 & 9.0.1-894247 on Multiple Systems - and ISSUE persists on all the tested Systems.
So apparently this issue seems to be persisting when - "Logging = "FALSE" Directive - is defined in the Global Config.ini PATH.
Tested System Specs:
Host System: Windows 7 Sp1 x64 Sp1
User Account Control (UAC): Enabled
Tested VMware Workstation Binary Package:
VMware-workstation-full-9.0.2-1031769.exe | b4db8858e5dc06e50a800c53c1431963
VMware-workstation-full-9.0.1-894247.exe | dc3f15d6c5fc153b7f91405e4d9a2596
Model: Dell 14R 5420 - 16GB RAM | HP DV6-3225DX - 4GB RAM (no PageFile.sys on either of these Systems)
Global Config.ini:
.encoding = "windows-1252"
authd.client.port = "902"
authd.proxy.vim = "vmware-hostd:hostd-vmdb"
authd.proxy.nfc = "vmware-hostd:ha-nfc"
installerDefaults.autoSoftwareUpdateEnabled = "no"
installerDefaults.autoSoftwareUpdateEnabled.epoch = "805"
installerDefaults.componentDownloadEnabled = "no"
installerDefaults.dataCollectionEnabled = "no"
installerDefaults.dataCollectionEnabled.epoch = "805"
MemTrimRate=0
sched.mem.pshare.enable = "FALSE"
prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = "FALSE"
prefvmx.minVmMemPct = "100"
mainMem.useNamedFile = "FALSE"
mainMem.writeZeros = "TRUE"
MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"
prefvmx.allVMMemoryLimit = "14000" DELL SYSTEM ||| prefvmx.allVMMemoryLimit = "2000" HP SYSTEM
Logging="FALSE"
Event Viewer Logs:
CASE I - Logging = "FALSE" in Global Config.ini - and then we try to exit/close VMware.exe
Faulting application name: vmware.exe, version: 9.0.2.35902, time stamp: 0x512c8c3e
Faulting module name: MSVCR90.dll, version: 9.0.30729.4940, time stamp: 0x4ca2ef57
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000374da
Faulting process id: 0x180
Faulting application start time: 0x01ce2bb9db49f655
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.4940_none_50916076bcb9a742\MSVCR90.dll
Report Id: 20761429-97ad-11e2-b145-005056c00008
Faulting application name: vmware-unity-helper.exe, version: 9.0.2.35902, time stamp: 0x512c79ad
Faulting module name: MSVCR90.dll, version: 9.0.30729.4940, time stamp: 0x4ca2ef57
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000374da
Faulting process id: 0xb58
Faulting application start time: 0x01ce2bb9dd24feda
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-unity-helper.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.4940_none_50916076bcb9a742\MSVCR90.dll
Report Id: 2075ed19-97ad-11e2-b145-005056c00008
CASE II - Logging = "FALSE" in Global Config.ini - and then we click HELP > ABOUT VMWARE WORKSTATION
Faulting application name: vmware-unity-helper.exe, version: 9.0.2.35902, time stamp: 0x512c79ad
Faulting module name: MSVCR90.dll, version: 9.0.30729.4940, time stamp: 0x4ca2ef57
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000374da
Faulting process id: 0x13a8
Faulting application start time: 0x01ce2bba716b8dbf
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-unity-helper.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.4940_none_50916076bcb9a742\MSVCR90.dll
Report Id: a5aebbff-97b0-11e2-b145-005056c00008
VC++ Packages installed on Dell System: http://www.imagebam.com/image/1834e5245936065
vm-support.vbs [executed with ADMIN privileges] - in attachment - [From DELL System]: http://www.mediafire.com/?krqj047pn25uf5a
So can we get a fix for this ???