I also launched by right clicking and selecting ‘Run as Administrator’, but I don’t think that’s necessary. Then on the properties of the extracted setup file >properties > Compatibility > Run as Windows 7 > Apply > OK.Ĩ. Finaly it also requires Visual J#, you will find that in redistvjredist directory locate the 32 or 64 bit version as applicable, and extract that also.Ħ. Net 3.5 the install file for that is in the redist folder.ĥ. Locate and extract the actual VI client install file (in the bin folder).Ĥ. Now I can open the archive and navigate around the folder structure inside.ģ. The install EXE file is actually an archive with the installation files within it, to open that archive I’m going to use 7Zip, download and install that first.Ģ. Which I have downloaded to the desktop.ġ. Speaking of which, the web client will not currently run in ‘Spartan’, (yes flash is enabled).īut it runs in Internet Explorer 11, which is still in Windows 10.Īnyway we want the ‘Fat’ VMware client, here I’m using 5.5 (build 1618071). So using the manual process I had used to try and ThinApp it on Windows 8, I pulled down Windows 10 from MSDN and tried it on that, successfully.ĭisclaimer: Yes you should be using the VMware web client, but what if it’s a standalone ESXi server? I had the brainwave, “Why not ThinApp the client” it would work then, but the 5.5 client stubbornly refused to fire and the ThinApp package size was enormous. I remember sometime ago I had to use comparability mode to install it on Windows 8.

Have you installed the VI client on Windows 10? My boss asked me this week, I replied no, but if it didn’t work then loads of people would soon be moaning.

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