Failed To Install The Hcmon Driver Windows 10

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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.

  • Installing vSphere Client 5.1 fails.
  • You see the error:
    Failed to install hcmon

  • The vminst.log file (located in the %TEMP% folder) contains entries similar to:
    inst-build-1060398 : MM/DD/YY 14:25:10 I1:InstallDriver: Installing hcmon driver
    inst-build-1060398 : MM/DD/YY 14:25:10 I1:InstallDriver: Copying files, so stopping any pre-existing service
    inst-build-1060398 : MM/DD/YY 14:25:10 E1:VNLStopService: Could not query service 'hcmon' status: 0x00000003
    inst-build-1060398 : MM/DD/YY 14:25:10 I1:VNLCopyFileToSystemDir: Copying 'C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesVMwareUSBhcmon.sys' to 'C:Windowssystem32drivershcmon.sys'
    inst-build-1060398 : MM/DD/YY 14:25:10 I1:VNLInstallService: Stopping any pre-existing instances of service
    inst-build-1060398 : MM/DD/YY 14:25:10 E1:VNLStopService: Could not query service 'hcmon' status: 0x00000003
    inst-build-1060398 : MM/DD/YY 14:25:10 E1:VNLInstallService: Service 'hcmon' already exists: 0x00000431
    inst-build-1060398 : MM/DD/YY 14:25:10 XX:VNLInstallService: reconfigured existing service
    inst-build-1060398 : MM/DD/YY 14:25:10 I1:InstallDriver: Installed driver hcmon, now starting
    inst-build-1060398 : MM/DD/YY 14:25:10 E1:VNLStartService: Service 'hcmon' could not be started: 0x000000a1
    inst-build-1060398 : MM/DD/YY 14:25:10 E1:VNL_InstallHcmon: Failed to create service for hcmon driver.
    inst-build-1060398 : MM/DD/YY 14:25:10 I1:ParseCommand: operation: successful
    inst-build-1060398 : MM/DD/YY 14:25:10 I1:VNLSpawn64BitVnetlibTask: Done waiting for process, code 0
    inst-build-1060398 : MM/DD/YY 14:25:10 I1:VNLSpawn64BitVnetlibTask: process was not successful
    inst-build-1060398 : MM/DD/YY 14:25:10 I1:InstallDriver: Launched 64-bit process, result FALSE
    inst-build-1060398 : MM/DD/YY 14:25:10 E1:VNL_InstallHcmon: Failed to create service for hcmon driver.
    USBDeviceInstUtil-build-1060398: MM/DD/YY 14:25:10 ERROR: Failed calling VNL_InstallHcmon()
    USBDeviceInstUtil-build-1060398: MM/DD/YY 14:25:10 Freeing library: 1669922816
    USBDeviceInstUtil-build-1060398: MM/DD/YY 14:25:10 ERROR: Failed to install hcmon
    Note: The preceding log excerpts are only examples. Date, time, and environmental variables may vary depending on your environment.
Vmware workstation failed to install hcmon driver windows 10
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  • Windows Failed To Install Driver VSphere 6.5 GA: VMware-VMRC.exe – Failed to install hcmon driver. November 30, 2016 December 1, 2016 rdronov Leave a comment After upgrading the vCenter Server Appliance to version 6.5, I needed to install a new version of VMware Remote Console 9.0 on my Windows 10 machine.

When installing the latest vSphere Client 6.0 on my Windows 10 computer, I got the following error “VMInstallHcmon – Failed to install hcmon driver”

Troubleshooting

  • Try KB2006486. But I don’t see Non-Plug and Play Drivers and VMware hcmon on my Windows 10 computer
  • Try renaming the C:WindowsSystem32drivershcmon.sys file. Still get the same error

Solution

Driver

Hcmon Driver Windows 10

  • On my laptop, vSphere Client 5.5 and 6.0 (older build), and their respective Update Manager plug-in are installed
  • Remove these older clients and plug-ins
  • vSphere Client 6.0 installation completes successfully