VMware Player unrecoverable error: (vmx)

When I opened my VMware today, following error was displayed:

VMware Player unrecoverable error: (vmx)

Exception 0xc0000006 (disk error while paging) has occurred.

A log file is available in "C:UsersacerDocumentsVirtual MachinesRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6 64-bitvmware.log".

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Solution: Remove the following two files from the VMware installed directory. You can check the installed directory from Player -> Manage -> Virtual Machine Settings -> Options

  1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 64-bit-93cd0331.vmem
  2. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 64-bit-93cd0331.vmss

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