I'm big fan of VMWare Workstation Player, which allows me to test different software configurations and run older operating systems with ease. However sometimes, during upgrade (or reinstall) of the software I hit following error:
Service 'VMware Authorization Service' (VMAuthdService) could not be installed.
Lets leave this error as it is, and fix the problem, so we can later click Retry and continue the install.
It seems, VMware Workstation Player setup guide have some issues when uninstalling previous version of the software, causing mentioned service to remain on the system. Usually it's defunct entry in visible in MMC service snap-in, which we can run by typying services.msc in START -> Run dialog.
Usually that screen will be populated with ERROR2: Cant read description or similar.
To fix this issue and continue with install we have to get rid of the service. To do that we will use sc tool:
- Run Command Prompt as Administrator
- type in
sc delete VMAuthdServiceand press ENTER key - You should see
[SC] DeleteService SUCCESS - Go back to VMware Workstation Player installation and click RETRY
Documentation for sc.exe tool: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/sc-delete
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