Q. I'm trying to run the WMware vSphere Client on Windows 7, but I get an error parsing the clients.xml file and login fails. What's wrong?

Copy the file system.dll from the %systemroot%WindowsMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727 folder of a Windows Vista/XP installation which has .NET 3.5 SP1 installed to a temporary area

On your Windows 7 client, move to the C:Program Files (x86)VMwareInfrastructureVirtual Infrastructure ClientLauncher folder if you're running 64-bit or C:Program FilesVMwareInfrastructureVirtual Infrastructure ClientLauncher if running 32-bit

Create a new sub folder name LibVista or LibXP and copy in the system.dll file

Now open the VpxClient.exe.config file in the Launcher folder in a text editor. Add the section below to the file (don't duplicate the part)

Create a file, vpxclientwin7.cmd, in the Launcher folder with the following content. Note I'm running 64-bit. If you are 32-bit replace ProgramFiles(x86) with ProgramFiles.

SET DEVPATH=%ProgramFiles(x86)%VMwareInfrastructureVirtual Infrastructure ClientLauncherLibVista"%ProgramFiles(x86)%VMwareInfrastructureVirtualInfrastructure ClientLauncherVpxClient.exe"

You can now start the Vpx client by running this file