when I run the installer on my Windows 7 machine, I get the error:
bootstrap.lua was not found.
It works on Windows Vista. Any ideas what causes this?
You may have a corrupt copy, I would recommend re downloading it direct from VMware.
I am using VMWare Workstation on Windows 7 without problems and have installed it a few times and never seen the error you are describing.
Regards "bootstrap.lua" not found I had same Problem, but it worked after i download again the same software (same date same version) via Downloadmanager directly from the VMWare Webpage. So maybe first time i just got an invalid copy
Try running it in Vista compatibility mode if it worked on Vista. Make sure you're also running the installer as administrator as it needs a higher level of access to install the components.
Maybe you should, from an administrator account :