| VMware Workstation Pro 17.6.1 | 10 OCT 2024 | Build 24319023 Check for additions and updates to these release notes. |
What's in the Release Notes
About VMware Workstation Pro
VMware Workstation Pro™ enables technical professionals to develop, test, demonstrate, and deploy software by running multiple x86-based Windows, Linux, and other operating systems simultaneously on the same PC.
You can replicate server, desktop, and tablet environments in a virtual machine and allocate multiple processor cores, gigabytes of main memory, and graphics memory to each virtual machine, whether the virtual machine resides on a personal PC or on a private enterprise cloud. You can download VMware Workstation 17.6.1 Pro from here.
For more information, see the VMware Workstation Pro documentation.
System Requirements
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A compatible 64-bit x86/AMD64 CPU launched in 2011 or later.
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Please refer to the vendor's recommended processor requirements for specific Host Operating Systems (HOS):
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For Microsoft-specific HOS, refer to the Microsoft documentation
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For Linux-specific HOS, refer to the Linux Vendor-specific documentation
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What's New
VMware Workstation 17.6.1 Pro provides various bug fixes requested by customers.
Prior Releases
Features and Known Issues from prior releases of VMware Workstation 17 Pro are described in the release notes for each release. To view the release notes for a prior release, click the appropriate link:
Known Issues
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The multi-monitor feature might not work correctly in specific topologies
In specific situations, based on different hardware and topologies, the multi-monitor feature does not work as expected. You might see issues like reverting the topology to a single screen, or not cycling through monitors.
Workaround: None.
Resolved Issues
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When creating a new virtual machine from an ISO image file, VMware Workstation does not recognize Windows 11 24H2
If you create a virtual machine from a Windows 11 24H2 ISO image file, VMware Workstation recognizes a Windows Server 2025 iso file instead.
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Powering on a virtual machine fails with
VMware Workstation 17.6 - unrecoverable error: (svga) svga Exception 0xc0000005errorPowering on a virtual machine with the 3D graphics feature deactivated and activated Allow hardware acceleration for all virtual machine consoles from the VMware Workstation preferences fails with
VMware Workstation 17.6 - unrecoverable error: (svga) svga Exception 0xc0000005error. -
Cannot install or upgrade VMware Workstation 17.6 on a non-English host system
If you try to install or upgrade VMware Workstation on a host system in a different locale than English, an MSI pop-up error appears.
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CentOS 9 Stream with kernel versions later than 5.14.0-432 is not supported on Workstation Pro 17.6 as a host
CentOS 9 Stream with kernel versions later than 5.14.0-432 is not supported on Workstation Pro 17.6 as a host.
