In vSphere 6.5 and some simultaneous updates to earlier versions, VMware moved away from NPAPI (since Google is set on killing it) and instead introduced two new consoles, the HTML5 browser console which is quite frankly horrible (especially without VMTools), as well as a new “thick” console that installs on the client machine called VMware Remote Console. This is a welcome development, as moving away from NPAPI can’t come a day too soon, and anything that isn’t Flash based is always nice.
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There’s only one problem, the install frequently fails on Windows 10.
VMware Remote Console on Windows 10 gives ‘Failed to install the hcmon driver’ 2016-08-08 by Jason Trying to install the VMware Remote Console software on a new Windows 10 computer consistently resulted in the error message ‘Failed to install the hcmon driver.’. Installing vSphere Client fails with the error “VMInstallHcmon - Failed to install hcmon driver” When installing the latest vSphere Client 6.0 on my Windows 10 computer, I got the following error “VMInstallHcmon – Failed to install hcmon driver”. Right-click VMware hcmon and click Uninstall. Rename the C: windows system32 drivers hcmon.sys file to hcmon.sys.old. But i can not find hcmon.sys in device manager!! The VMware Labs flings monthly for January 2021: Happy New Year; How to not forward CTRL+WIN+Left, CTRL+WIN+Right shortcuts to guest Win7, but use the host’s Win10 “virtual windows” left/right swap function? VMware player 16 crashing on Linux host and locking up the entire machine. VMware Workstation Pro 16 cannot be. When trying to install the VMRC plugin on Windows 10, you may get the error above. Just run the installer from the command prompt as Admin.
Vmware Remote Console Failed To Install Hcmon Driver Windows 10
The error VMRC throws is quite cryptic as well; “Failed to install hcmon driver”. This is usually because the VMRC installer fails to play nicely with UAC in Windows, and for some reason doesn’t manage to get the required permissions from the OS to install the hcmon driver (which seems to be a virtual USB something that you’ll probably never need anyway). The workaround is quite simple, give it the required permissions from the get-go, so that it can bypass UAC altogether. The normal way to do this would be to right-click the installer and select “Run as Administrator”. However, I’ve not managed to get this to work on any machine I’ve tried it on.
The way that works on the other hand that I’ve found, is to open up an elevated PowerShell prompt and call the installer from there.
Navigate to the directory where you downloaded the VMRC installer, type in (and tab-complete) the name of the installation package, and press enter. After this, the install should continue smoothly.
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VMware Remote Console | 08 December 2015 | Build 3250412 Check for additions and updates to these release notes. Last Document Update: 10 February 2016 |
What's in the Release Notes
The release notes cover the following topics:Vmware Failed To Install The Hcmon Driver Windows 10 Bootable
What's New
VMware Remote Console 8.0 provides complete functionality on virtual machine operations and settings to vSphere administrators, but only limited functionality is available on virtual machine operations such as console, mouse and keyboard operations to vRealize Automation users.
VMware Remote Console 8.0 supports:
- vRealize Automation 6.2.3 with console proxy
- Smart cards
- Auto Update for Windows
- 32-bit Windows
Compatibility and Installation
VMware Remote Console and host OS version compatibility
VMware Remote Console is compatible with the following 64-bit and 32-bit Windows host operating systems:
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows 7
- Windows 8.1
- Windows 8
- Windows 10
VMware Remote Console is also compatible with the following Mac host operating systems:
- Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
- Apple OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)
- Apple OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)
- Apple OS X 10.11 (El Capitan)
Installation Notes for This Release
Read the following documentation for guidance about installing and using VMRC:
Vmware Failed To Install The Hcmon Driver Windows 10 64-bit
Known Issues
Vmware Failed To Install The Hcmon Driver Windows 10 32-bit
This release has the following known issues for Windows OS:
Running VMRC without a URL will fail.
Workaround: Open a URL of the form: vmrc://[<user>|(<ticket-type>:<ticket>)@]<host>[:<port>]/?moid=<VM-id>.VMRC displays an empty, black console when connecting to a virtual machine.
Workaround: None- VMRC might prompt The keyboard hook timeout value is not set to the value recommended by VMware Remote Console when connected to a virtual machine.
Workaround: Click OK to update the value and log out of Windows to ensure the update takes effect. - Installing VMRC client on Windows 10 might fail with an error Failed to install the HCmon driver.
Workaround: Run the elevated command prompt as an Administrator.
This release has the following known issues for Apple OS X:
- VMRC might not add new devices such as DVD and CD-ROM drives or an existing virtual hard disk to a virtual machine.
Workaround: None - VMRC does not display sound card settings.
Workaround: None
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