“Cannot find a valid peer process to connect to” VMware Workstation 10.0.1 while booting a VM

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I've just installed the VMware Workstation 10.0.1, but when I try to boot a virtual machine (I've created a new guest and I also have a virtual disk image of another VM), it doesn't start to run and I get this error: "Cannot find a valid peer process to connect to". I've googled around but didn't find a solution to the problem. I am using Windows 7 64 bit. I also have VirtualBox installed (maybe VMware goes in conflict with VirtualBox?).

What should I do? I need those virtual machines to run.

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What type of virtual disk image do u have ? – Reuben
It's a .vmdk disk image. I have re-installed the VMware Workstation 8.0.3. I have linked the disk to this older version and the VM starts to run but suddenly I got stuck with a black screen and a blinking message "Loading darwin/x86" (I am trying to install a MAC OS X Mavericks 10.9 disk image)... Is there a way to resolve? – tonix

3 Answers

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If the above solution didn't work, just restart your machine (Physical machine) and try booting again.

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I needed to "allow" the VMware system extension (macOS warned me about this being blocked on install, but I ignored it).

In brief: System Preferences > Security and Privacy > General > Click "Allow" on the "VMware blocked" message

See accepted answer here for further details: https://superuser.com/questions/1256489/how-to-fix-vmware-fusion-pro-10-cannot-find-a-valid-peer-process-to-connect-to

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Am not sure if this is really a solution but in my case it worked. I had to go to the "Virtual Machine Library" and Double-click the VM that's throwing the error and that fixed it.