I have the same error under Ubuntu 13.04 with Vmware Player 5 . This happens when you autoupdate your vmware product automaticaly from 9 or 9.1 to 9.2.
A work around i found somewhere is running vmware as root under Ubuntu. So for windows you could try Right mouse on the vmware icon and select run as administrator.
I am guessing a filesystem rights issue.
Hope this helps anyone.
Martin
