Failed To Create The Requested Registry Key Vmware Error 2
key error: 1021 (Fix) by admin on Nov.21, 2012, under Random() Today I came across an error saying ‘Failed to create the requested registry key error: 1021′ when installing VMWare Workstations 8.0. This error occurred because I've already had other VMWare products installed on my machine in the past. In order to fix this problem I had to remove the old VMWare registry entries. Simply start regedit (Start -> regedit.exe) For 32-bit systems remove the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc. For 64-bit systems remove the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc. After removing these keys I was able to successfully install VMWare Workstations 8. 24 Comments for this entry Quynh November 24th, 2012 on 04:48 Thank a lot , man ! it worked Christiaan March 10th, 2013 on 20:22 Thanks man! Тшсу March 19th, 2013 on 20:53 Worked like a charm. Appreciated! Jaro April 27th, 2013 on 11:53 Thank a lot madwake June 26th, 2013 on 09:38 it worked , thanks a lot Kamal July 6th, 2013 on 09:32 Awesome, thanks! Patrizio Masini (Pikachu95) July 14th, 2013 on 02:15 Thanks, now I can install VmWare on my Windows 8! makgun August 3rd, 2013 on 11:29 thanks alot Its awesome mohamed August 3rd, 2013 on 16:34 thanks it wooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrkkkkkkkkkkkkssssssssssss Joe August 28th, 2013 on 18:36 That was a marvelous Work mate clay clark September 1st, 2013 on 01:40 thanks u da man uyb September 24th, 2013 on 11:08 thanks Freez October 8th, 2013 on 13:37 Thank you so much, we could not get to install the program Mohammad October 21st, 2013 on 16:59 Thanks a lot -- iriblove you port 53 October 23rd, 2013 on 05:48 Thanks you so much for this post, I'm sure you've helped a lot of people with this frustrating problem. an0n November 9th, 2013 on 17:25 Thanks man, you saved me a lot of time Quang881576 November 14th, 2013 on 13:24 tks man, it is worked :v Shav December 4th, 2013 on 11:11 this worked after many failed attempts trying to uninstall after MSI failures and had to do a number of things then to find myself with another issue i.e. this error which you've kindly put the fix up. wicked dude Andy December 18th, 2013 on 01:54 you rock! thanks man! Zauras October 27th, 2014 on 14:01 Tnx dude! Ben Decho January 25th, 2015 on 22:16 This didn't work for me, exactly. I was running Version 7 on an old slave drive and wanted to update to Version 8. Since it was never installed on my boot drive, I had to edit the registry: 1. Use F3 to search for any occurances of "VMware". 2. If Found, delete them. 3. Create the following Ke
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Uninstall VMware Workstation - The MSI "Failed Posted on June 18, 2012 by Dustin Lema Recently, I wanted to update my VMware Workstation version from 8.0.2 to version 8.0.4. In order to do this you must uninstall the older version of VMware workstation first. This is where the problems start to arise. After a bit of prodding and preening, I found this VMware article: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1031302 Note the following: Cause This issue occurs when the Microsoft installer detects a problem with the installation process. This is not a VMware issue. (My emphasis) There's only one problem. I'm able to install and uninstall other programs with impunity. The ONLY one I can't uninstall is VMware's. More on this later. So I end up following all of the instructions in the VMware article to NO AVAIL. Essentially a big waste of time. Ultimately, I ended up performing the following to get back in business (note, changes to your registry can be detrimental…please backup your registry before performing and adds/deletes/changes): Found this VMware article (1308) and followed it. http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1308 Following the article was NOT enough. Here's the money fix: I,then, went into regedit and manually performed a search for "VMware Workstation". Then I deleted any keys that referenced "VMware Workstation". (You do have a backup of your registry before you try this, right?) That is, when you find the value of VMware workstation, delete the entire key above it. It's imperative that you delete ALL of these registry keys you find as there is something that the VMware installer is querying and "thinks" is wrong. I suspect something to do with ProgramData as well as the Uninstaller paths, but have no proof. I HAD to reboot (I tried running the 8.0.4 installer and it didn't work). Once rebooted, I ran the Workstation 8.0.4 installer (again) which proceeded to properly uninstall the 8.0.2 version. It worked! Upon the 8.0.4 installation I received some weird installer errors, clicked OK through them, and ultimately, the new version is running properly. Now, back to Vmware's comment that "This is not a VMware issue." This is poppycock in my estimation. There is clearly something in their programming of the MSI package that is screwy. There should be some better error handling as well as descriptives as to what is being interrogated at failure. I parsed through all the VMware logs i could think o