[Question/Issue] MFC failed startup error, VMWare Fusion 8

[chocobill]

MFC fails to launch when booted into a virtual environment. Error message "Unsupported hardware detected. The program is able to run on Apple hardware only." {see screenshot}

This thread hinted at the fix, but I'm wondering if it can/should be incorporated in the main releases?

http://forums.crystalidea.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1064

Also, I suppose that it doesn't need to run, as I can control fans on the OS X side with istat menus when using VMWare Fusion. Perhaps even with the fix, there would be a bit of unwanted/destructive contention for the fan control resources?

I think for now I will boot into windows and prevent MFC from running automatically at startup.

[Steven]

chocobill
MFC is not able to run in a VM. Normally MFC should be able to detect VM environment and fail to run. I'll check this now in VmWare Fusion 8

[chocobill]

OK. I'll simply invoke MFC manually when I boot into Windows for dedicated resources. Then I won't see the error message when I fire up the VM.

Thanks for your time and attention!

[Steven]

chocobill
Please try the latest dev version, when the app is minimized and runs on VMware, it should simply quit without warnings. Please confirm
http://www.crystalidea.com/downloads/ma ... up_dev.exe

[chocobill]

Sorry, I reworked my windows side and moved to an LTSB release. The link seems to have expired.

[Steven]

chocobill
Just update to the latest version 1.4.1

[chocobill]

Perfect. The behaviour is as you described when launching in a VMWare instance.

[Steven]

chocobill
Great!