So I can't start my virtual machines for VMware:

Nov 18 09:52:25.157: vcpu-0| [msg.vnet.getLastMessage] VMnet0: The system cannot find the file specified
Nov 18 09:52:25.157: vcpu-0| [msg.device.startdisconnected] Virtual device Ethernet0 will start disconnected.

But this time I know what has to be going on. Recently I upgraded my 6.5 installation and I turned my machine off while I was out of town. And of course when I came back, the keyboard did not work (error 39?). It turned out that VMware installs a shim on top of the keyboard driver and I think the uninstall hosed me. I followed the directions at code 39 keyboard win XP. Let me tell you, entering text into regedit32 with a dead keyboard is a challenge. But the entry by Bas13 does walk you through it.

I also deleted the network configurations.

So I searched for the error messages today and mostly turned up Linux related questions.

I decided to reinstall the latest VMware upgrade and when I was prompted, I selected Repair as an option. That fixed the issue for me.