VMWare Fusion: "D:\ is not a valid Win32 application." #

Attempting to update VMWare Tools in a Windows XP VM under Fusion 13 returned:

"D:\ is not a valid Win32 application."

A more helpful message would've been something like:

Windows XP cannot run VMWare Tools versions higher than 10.0.12; download it here.

More info

VMware Tools support for Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 (81466):

VMware Tools 10.0.12 will be the last version to support legacy Guest Operating Systems (Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003).
VMware Tools 10.0.12 Release Notes:
- VMware Tools support for Guest Operating Systems in version 10.0.12
  - winPreVista.iso supports Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003.
  - linuxPreGLibc25.iso supports Linux guest operating systems earlier than Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11, Ubuntu 7.04, and other distributions with glibc version earlier than 2.5.
  - darwinPre15.iso supports Mac OS X versions 10.10.x and older.
- VMware Tools 7.7.0 support for the following guest operating systems has been already frozen
  - winPre2k.iso supports versions earlier than Windows 2000.
- VMware Tools 8.1.0 support for the following guest operating systems has been already frozen
  - netware.iso supports NetWare guest operating systems.
Legacy VMware Tools packages for Windows, Linux, OS X and Netware OS (for GOSes that have reached end of support):
- Name: VMware-Tools-10.0.12-legacy-4448496.zip
- File size: 122.15 MB
- Release Date: 2016-11-05
- Build Number: 4448496
- MD5SUM: 1fc53cc75dd6b9e02cd67867f73a6a86
- SHA1SUM: 0b6e5f954eb848ffe1ae8ba1c297c335e95c6312
- SHA256SUM: 5eb1c9c1c5533c530839ea714a8b2ecbba201022c99c340b0332f966e7a68f80

/mac | Jan 04, 2023