Download VMware Workstation Player 12.0 Build 2985596

VMware has released version 12 of Workstation Player. Player is free software to create and run virtual machines. However, a fee is charged for commercial use. Simply put, it is a simplified implementation of other VMware products, such as Workstation, Server, and ESX Server. Microsoft Virtual PC virtual machines and Symantec LiveState Recovery disks are also supported. In addition, several pre-installed virtual machines can be installed via this page are downloaded, such as Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora. In version support for Windows 10 and various Linux distributions has been added, entering and exiting hibernation is faster and USB 3.0 can now also be used under Windows 7. The complete changelog looks like this:

The following support is new in Workstation 12 Player:

• Support of Windows 10
  VMware Workstation Player provides the following support for Windows 10:
  • Run Windows 10 as a virtual machine
  • Run Windows 10 as a host operating system
• Other new operating systems support
  Support has been added for the following operating systems:
  • Ubuntu 15.04
  • Fedora 22
  • CentOS 7.1
  • RHEL 7.1
  • Oracle Linux 7.1
  • VMware Project Photon
• Advanced graphics
  • DirectX 10
  • OpenGL 3.3
• Performance improvements for suspending and resuming encrypted virtual machines
• Support for 4K monitors with high resolution UI
• Support for multiple monitors with different DPI settings
• Echo cancellation for voice and video calls with Microsoft Lync and Skype
• Added USB 3.0 support to Windows 7 virtual machines (with the latest Intel USB driver)
• Improved standard installer
• Respect left-handed mouse setting on Windows host

The following features have been removed:

• Unity mode on Linux guest and host operating systems

Known Issues

• VMware Workstation 12 Player for Windows documentation erroneously lists the ENABLE_VIRTUAL_PRINTING parameter
  The Using VMware Workstation Player for Windows guide lists the unsupported parameter ENABLE_VIRTUAL_PRINTING for an unattended installation. Support for virtual printing is disabled by default on Windows hosts. The purpose of the ENABLE_VIRTUAL_PRINTING parameter is to change the default to enable support for ThinPrint virtual printing. However, the parameter is not supported in Workstation 12 Player.
• A UAS device connected to a USB 3.0 port on a Windows 7 or later host might fail to successfully connect to the guest
  When a UAS device that is connected to a USB 3.0 port on a Windows 7 or later host is connected to the guest, the device might fail to successfully connect to the guest. The device might appear as connected in the removable devices list, viewable by selecting VM > Removable Devices, but the guest operating system might fail to recognize the device.
• In Workstation 12 Pro, a link to download a USB 3.0 driver might not work as intended for Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 guests on some Linux hosts
• Manually installing a virtual machine with the Ubuntu 15.04 guest might result in a black screen
  When you manually install an Ubuntu 15.04 virtual machine, after you perform the required restart by clicking Restart Now, the virtual machine might become unresponsive as the screen goes black.
• On a Windows 7 virtual machine with a single processor core assigned, Word 2013 might hang when you insert tables
• When you run an application which requires OpenGL 3.X in a Linux virtual machine, the images appear blurry or an error message prevents the application from running
• When you use a Windows 8.1 virtual machine on Workstation 12 Pro with an earlier hardware version, Microsoft office PowerPoint 2013 might not run smoothly