Unable to start service for VMware Tools

When I was installing the VMware Tools, I encountered an error, the error code is:

Creating a new initrd boot image for the kernel.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-28-generic
Job for vmware-tools.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See “systemctl status vmware-tools.service” and “journalctl -xe” for details.
Unable to start services for VMware Tools.
Execution aborted.

Actually I had already installed the VMware Tools, I reinstalled it for another issue.

So In this situation. We can use the following method to resovle it.

Step 1：Using “su” to login as root.

Step 2: Change the directory to /etc/, and remove the vmware-tools folder by using “rm -rf vmware-tools”. The same way to vmware-tools related folder in /usr/sbin and /var/lib.

Step 3: Exit root, and install the vmware tools.

Enjoy!