I have tried several times, and can't install VMware Player on my Win7 x64 Home Premium notebook. VMware Player.msi won't run. ( I had no problems installing it on my desktop, however.) Here's the fail section of the log file:
20120713200840:INFO CMSIHelper::InitMsiParameters: MSI Parameters: DATACOLLECTION="1" TRANSFORMS=":1033" REMOVE="" COMPONENTDOWNLOAD="1" REBOOT="ReallySuppress" AUTOSOFTWAREUPDATE="1" DESKTOP_SHORTCUT="1" QUICKLAUNCH_SHORTCUT="1" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\" ADDLOCAL="ALL" STARTMENU_SHORTCUT="1"
20120713200840:INFO CMSIHelper::InitMsiLogging: Successfully enabled logging to file C:\Users\Pat\AppData\Local\Temp\vmsetup.20120713200746.vmware player.msi.install.log, with mode 7967
20120713200840:INFO CInstallMSIOperation::Execute: Preparing to install VMware Player.msi, options: uninstall_on_rollback: 1, use_internal_ui: 0, parameters: DATACOLLECTION="1" TRANSFORMS=":1033" REMOVE="" COMPONENTDOWNLOAD="1" REBOOT="ReallySuppress" AUTOSOFTWAREUPDATE="1" DESKTOP_SHORTCUT="1" QUICKLAUNCH_SHORTCUT="1" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\" ADDLOCAL="ALL" STARTMENU_SHORTCUT="1"
20120713200927:INFO CInstallMSIOperation::Execute: Finished installing msi [1603]
20120713200927:ERROR** CBootstrapCmd::RunOperation: Operation 'InstallMSI' failed!
20120713200927:INFO wWinMain:Checking exceptions [26]
20120713200927:INFO wWinMain:Handle error
20120713200927:INFO HandleError: Handling error: [26] lang [1033]
20120713200927:ERROR** HandleError: Encountered fatal error id: 26
20120713200927:ERROR** HandleError: Message: [The MSI 'C:\Users\Pat\AppData\Local\Temp\vmware_1342224466\vmware player.msi' failed.]
20120713200927:ERROR** DisplayErrorMain: Displaying error message
20120713200927:ERROR** DisplayError Error [The MSI 'C:\Users\Pat\AppData\Local\Temp\vmware_1342224466\vmware player.msi' failed.]
Any help would be appreciated.