I formatted my laptop and installed Windows 8 Pro (coming from Win 7 Ult.). Since doing so, it seems as though in order to start a machine I have to choose "Run As Administrator" when launching VMware Workstation. My Windows account is in the local Administrators group and I've checked the permissions on the folders in which the VMs reside and the Administrators group has Full Control of all contents. This occurs on a brand new VM and previous VMs that worked fine prior to the upgrade and did not require this.
This is the error I receive when trying to run a VM:
VMware Workstation cannot connect to the virtual machine. Make sure you have rights to run the program, access all directories the program uses, and access all directories for temporary files.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance.