I've been using VMWare Player for years.
I recently updated to 6.0.1 and now when I start VMPlayer it does not remember my Virtual Machines or my preferences.
From the VMPlayer launch interface I can select "open virtual machine" and add my machine(s) to the list and they run just fine.
However, when I shutdown my machine and run VMPlayer again the list is empty.
Other symptoms:
1) It always asks if I want to upgrade to Workstation 10, even though I say "skip this version"
2) It always asks my if I wish to suspend or shutdown the VM when closing, even though I tell it to always do suspend
3) It always shows me warning dialogs about usb devices, though I have told it to stop warning me
I found the "preferences.ini" file.
The appdata/roaming/VMWare Player/preferences.ini file is getting updated. My last selected machine is in the list and the file is newly written.
It just seems to be ignoring it when it starts up.