System Requirements​

• A compatible 64-bit x86/AMD64 CPU launched in 2011 or later.

• Please refer to the vendor's recommended processor requirements for specific Host Operating Systems (HOS):

  • For Microsoft-specific HOS, refer to the Microsoft documentation

  • For Linux-specific HOS, refer to the Linux Vendor-specific documentation

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:

• VMware Workstation 17.6 Pro
• VMware Workstation 17.5.2 Pro
• VMware Workstation 17.5.1 Pro
• VMware Workstation 17.5 Pro
• VMware Workstation 17.0.2 Pro
• VMware Workstation 17.0.1 Pro

Known Issues

• 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  

• 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 11242 ISO image file, VMware Workstation recognizes a Windows Server 2025 iso file instead.

• Powering on a virtual machine fails with VMware Workstation 17.6 - unrecoverable error: (svga) svga Exception 0xc0000005 error

  Powering 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 0xc0000005 error.

• 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.

• 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.