Fix Open Remote Console opening in VMware Workstation instead of VMRC

Brandon Lee — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:52:46 +0000

If you run VMware workstation on the same workstation that you use to manage your VMware vSphere environment, you may notice that when you upgrade VMware Workstation, it will automatically take over opening virtual machine consoles on VMware Workstation instead of the VMware Remote Console tool.

This can be an irritating byproduct of updating VMware Workstation Pro. However, there is a simple and quick fix for this. If you have updated VMware Workstation and it is now opening all your console sessions in VMware Workstation instead of the VMRC, run the following two commands in PowerShell:

Set-Item HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\vmrc\DefaultIcon -Value '"C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Remote Console\vmrc.exe",0'

Set-Item HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\vmrc\shell\open\command -Value '"C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Remote Console\vmrc.exe" "%1"'

No reboot is required after running the commands. Simply run the commands in Powershell and your consoles will immediately be returned back to opening in VMRC.

Hopefully this quick tip will help!

Fix Open Remote Console opening in VMware Workstation instead of VMRC - VMware vSphere help

Fix Open Remote Console opening in VMware Workstation instead of VMRC