I thought i'd bring this back from the dead since I found a workaround that has worked multiple times for me after seeing this issue with v8 and v9:
Run the install like usual, let it error out on the vmnetbridge.dll copy and hit cancel and then let it finish the install.
After the install is done, go to the vmware workstation install folder and copy vmnetbridge.dll to c:\windows\system32 and copy vmnetbridge.sys and vmnet.sys to c:\windows\system32\drivers
Back in the vmware workstation folder open netbridge.inf and find and comment out these lines (put a semicolon at the start of the line to comment it out):
;vmnetbridge.dll,,,2
;vmnet.sys,,,2
;vmnetbridge.sys,,,2
Now open a command prompt and cd into the vmware workstation folder and run this command:
vnetlib64.exe -- install bridge
(Or if you're using 32bit run
vnetlib.exe -- install bridge
)
Be sure to have a space after the --
At this point it should prompt about the driver being unsigned or missing a publisher. I installed anyways and then bridging worked once again.