First rule out any firewall-issues - in some desktop
firewalls
you may need to allow VMware.
Some VPN clients also badly interact with the VMware
bridge -
disable them for testing.
Next rule out any miss-configuration.
Open the Virtual Network Editor and disable "automatic
bridging"
Assign a physical nic to vmnet0 - use that one that
should be
used for the default bridge.
Assign a second physical nic to vmnet2.
Assign a third physical nic to vmnet3 and so on..
If that still does not help
check existance of this files in systemroot\system32
vnetinst.dll
vnetlib.dll
vmnetbridge.dll
check existance of this files in
systemroot\system32\drivers
vmnetbridge.sys
vmnet.sys
if any of this files is missing or in case you can not
start the
service manually with
net start vmnetbridge
consider reinstalling it. To do that open a cmd and
navigate to
the installation directory and run
vnetlib -- uninstall bridge
this command will not give any feedback. Reboot now. After reboot re-install with
vnetlib -- install bridge
If you are prompted for a path to one of the listed
files - provide
the path to your installation directory - it should have
copies
of the files. You may also find them in the driverstore
directory.
Reboot a last time and test again.
If it still does not work re-install Workstation.