Serial0: Parameter "serial0.fileType" has an invalid value "Thinprint”

Products

• VMware Desktop Hypervisor

Issue/Introduction

During power on operation, there is a warning saying “Serial0: Parameter "serial0.fileType" has an invalid value "Thinprint”

Environment

VMware Workstation 17.5x
VMware Fusion 13.5x Pro
VMware Fusion 13.5x Player

Cause

The support for ThinPrint has been discontinued in Fusion 13.5 and Workstation 17.5.
This issue occurs on VMs created in older releases that still have the printer device added.

Resolution

To work around the issue, 

In VMware Fusion

For non and partial encrypted VMs:

1. Edit vmx file of the target VM. For more information see Editing the .vmx file for your VMware Fusion virtual machine
2. Remove the below entries from file

    serial0.fileType = "thinprint"
    serial0.fileName = "thinprint"
    serial0.present = "TRUE"

3. Save the vmx file and close
4. Power on the Virtual Machine

Note: for Full Encrypted VMs, there is no solution yet. If user tries to remove the TPM and decrypt the VM it may result in inconsistent behavior of the VM.

In VMware Workstation 

1. Power Off VM
2. Edit VM settings.
3. Remove Printer device and save the changes