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.
HP Printers - Windows 10 Built-in Driver Failed to Install This document is for HP printers and computers with Windows 10. When you connect the printer to your computer wirelessly, with a USB cable, or an Ethernet cable, Windows 10 does not automatically install the built-in printer driver. VMInstallHcmon - Failed to install hcmon driver. Cause This issue occurs if the vSphere Client is installed on the same system the VMRC installation is failing on. Nov 15, 2016 The second link fixed the installation issue! Had to uninstall the hcmon driver and rename hcmon.sys to hcmon.sys.old. Windows10安装vmware15报错，failed to install hcmon driver 系统版本：windows10专业版1803，系统版本号：17134.320 vmware 版本：VMware-workstation-full-15.0.0-10134415.
There’s only one problem, the install frequently fails on 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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Failed to install the hcmon driver Now I’ve come across several simple things that should help me, but it didn’t: remove vsphere client, install remote console and reinstall vsphere client; install with extra admin priviliges; Do a register workaround (enable HCmon, install, remove regkey). اگر در زمان نصب برنامه VMWare Remote Console، با ارور Failed to install the hcmon driver روبرو شده اید، راه حل های ساده این ارور را با هم در این پست خواهیم دید.
This seems to be my last resort in solving this problem, I hope someone has had this issue before and can provide a new direction into solving this.
Scenario: had an upgrade from 6.7 U1 to 6.7 U3, so took the time to install the latest remote console software (worked fine).
I couldn’t establish a session to my VM’s anymore (due to an SSL issue).
In trying to understand and solve that issue, I uninstalled my vmware software (as far as I remember, only the remote console was installed).
Ever since, I’m unable to reinstall the software.
This is the error:
VMInstallHcmon
Failed to install the hcmon driver
Now I’ve come across several simple things that should help me, but it didn’t:
Failed To Install The Hcmon Driver Windows 10
- remove vsphere client, install remote console and reinstall vsphere client
- install with extra admin priviliges
- Do a register workaround (enable HCmon, install, remove regkey)
- …
I was unfamiliar with the hcmon.sys file before this issue started. From what I learned, this should be provided by the OS under the System32 < drivers folder.
It seems this one is missing on my device, but I’m unsure if it should be there (I also read a hcmon.sys file is being installed through the remote console installation).
Failed To Install Hcmon Driver Windows 10 64-bit
To be sure, I’ve cleaned up the registry (ccleaner) and ran a sfc /scannow, which succeeded without errors.
Vsphere Client Failed To Install Hcmon Driver Windows 10
If anyone has any other recommendation, I’d be open to it.