Virtualisation

During install of vmware tools on newly p2v’d server error 1606 was displayed and vmware tools would not install.

Error ocured as location of administrators My Documents had been redirected to a network location which could not be accessed as no network driver installed.

If you are unable to change the path of the My Documents folder to the local profile path due to group policy lockdown, you can change it in the registry by going to the key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

Change the values for the personal and My Pictures keys to the user local path for example “C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents”.

VMware tools should then install OK.

Filed under: VMware ESX/ESXi, VMware Server