i found this
in the last error log in the hostd folder
2013-03-02T10:08:54.179-06:00 [02752 error 'Default'] An error occurred while loading configuration "C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Workstation\ft-vmk-version.ini",not all entries are being read. It is strongly encouraged that you manually inspect the file and fix any corruptions.
there is no ft-vmk-version.ini in that folder
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