Failed to open virtual machine: "C:\Users\C\Documents\Virtual Machines\Windows XP Home Edition\Windows XP Home Edition.vmx" is not a valid virtual machine configuration file. when I try to download the VMWare 7.0 or 7.1 App for non commercial user, help.

Question

I;m a non commercial user of VMware player, mainly using it for illustrator 9.0. A day a go I tried to open the virtual player and got the following message:

Answer 1

I do see that you're running into some MSI errors trying to update AIR:
[2013-12-15:23:45:35] Runtime Installer begin with version 3.9.0.1210 on Windows 7 x86
[2013-12-15:23:45:35] Commandline is: -arp:uninstall
[2013-12-15:23:45:35] Installed runtime (3.9.0.1210) located at c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR
[2013-12-15:23:45:37] Relaunching with elevation
[2013-12-15:23:45:37] Launching subprocess with commandline c:\program files (x86)\common files\adobe air\versions\1.0\resources\adobe air updater.exe -eu
[2013-12-15:23:45:37] Runtime Installer begin with version 3.9.0.1210 on Windows 7 x86
[2013-12-15:23:45:37] Commandline is: -stdio \\.\pipe\AIR_1356_0 -eu
[2013-12-15:23:45:37] Installed runtime (3.9.0.1210) located at c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR
[2013-12-15:23:45:37] Starting runtime uninstall. Uninstalling runtime version 3.9.0.1210
[2013-12-15:23:45:37] Reinstalling c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\setup.msi
[2013-12-15:23:45:37] Error occurred during msi repair operation; beginning rollback: [ErrorEvent type="error" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="1601" errorID=0]
[2013-12-15:23:45:37] Rollback complete
[2013-12-15:23:45:37] Exiting due to error: [ErrorEvent type="error" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="1601" errorID=0]
[2013-12-15:23:45:37] Exiting due to error: [ErrorEvent type="error" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="1601" errorID=0]
[2013-12-15:23:45:37] Runtime Installer end with exit code 7
[2013-12-15:23:45:40] Runtime Installer end with exit code 7
I would recommend using Microsoft's MSI Fix It utility to uninstall both AIR and Long Tail Pro.  Once uninstalled, go and install AIR from http://get.adobe.com/air then install Long Tail Pro again.
http://support.microsoft.com/mats/program_install_and_uninstall