VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vmui) Exception 0xc0000005 (access violation)

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This post describes how to fix:
VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vmui)
Exception 0xc0000005 (access violation) has occurred.

VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vmui) Exception 0xc0000005 (access violation)

Cause

Consulting the log file mentioned, the following can be seen:
2020-06-29T15:09:33.277+01:00| vmui| W115: "vmlist464" entries in the file "C:\Users\hsimpson\AppData\Roaming\VMware\inventory.vmls" are invalid.

Somehow, entries in the inventory.vmls file have become invalid.  This has occurred to me a few times so it's a sensible idea to back this file up whenever you make significant changes to your VMware Workstation inventory.

Resolution

Either:

Restore %AppData%\Roaming\VMware\inventory.vmls from a backup.

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Delete %AppData%\Roaming\VMware\inventory.vmls and open VMware Workstation to create a new file.  This means you will need to recreate your folder hierarchy and add your virtual machines by opening their .vmx files.

VMware Workstation should now open successfully.

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