vagrant in windows after using vmware_desktop always error out to install licence

[sdputurn]

I am using windows 10 OS. i have installed virutalbox and vmware workstation both. i was using vagrant with virtualbox happily. then i tried to setup vmware_desktop provider. after i install vmware_desktop plugin, i am getting only one error for all vagrant command.

$ vagrant.exe status --help
A valid license is required to run the Vagrant VMware
provider. Please visit http://www.vagrantup.com to purchase
a license. Once you purchase a license, you can install it
using `vagrant plugin license`.

Vagrant version

Vagrant 2.2.5

Host operating system

windows 10

Guest operating system

centos

Vagrantfile

$ cat Vagrantfile
# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

# All Vagrant configuration is done below. The "2" in Vagrant.configure
# configures the configuration version (we support older styles for
# backwards compatibility). Please don't change it unless you know what
# you're doing.
Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  # The most common configuration options are documented and commented below.
  # For a complete reference, please see the online documentation at
  # https://docs.vagrantup.com.

  # Every Vagrant development environment requires a box. You can search for
  # boxes at https://vagrantcloud.com/search.
  config.vm.define "base1" do |base1|
    base1.vm.box = "centos/7"
    base1.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.99.10"
    base1.vm.hostname = "base1.mylearning.com"
    base1.vm.box_check_update = false
    base1.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant_data", disabled: true
    base1.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
       vb.memory = "16384"
       vb.cpus = 3
       vb.name = "base1.mylearning.com"
    end
    base1.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
     echo base1!!
    SHELL
  end
  config.vm.define "base2" do |base2|
    base2.vm.box = "centos/7"
    base2.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.99.11"
    base2.vm.hostname = "base2.mylearning.com"
    base2.vm.box_check_update = false
    base2.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant_data", disabled: true
    base2.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
       vb.memory = "4096"
       vb.cpus = 2
       vb.name = "base2.mylearning.com"
    end
    base2.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
      echo base2!!
    SHELL
  end
  config.vm.define "base3" do |base3|
    base3.vm.box = "centos/7"
    base3.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.99.12"
    base3.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.33.10"
    base3.vm.hostname = "base3.mylearning.com"
    base3.vm.box_check_update = false
    base3.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant_data", disabled: true
    base3.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
       vb.memory = "4096"
       vb.cpus = 2
       vb.name = "base3.mylearning.com"
    end
    base3.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
      echo base3!!
    SHELL
  end
   config.vm.define "base4" do |base4|
    base4.vm.box = "centos/7"
    base4.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.99.13"
    base4.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.33.11"
    base4.vm.hostname = "base4.mylearning.com"
    base4.vm.box_check_update = false
    base4.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant_data", disabled: true
    base4.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
       vb.memory = "4096"
       vb.cpus = 2
       vb.name = "base4.mylearning.com"
    end
    base4.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
      echo base4!!
    SHELL
  end


end

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Expected behavior

vagrant commands should work

Actual behavior

all vagrant giving error

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[briancain]

Hi @sdputurn - Do you have a valid license to use the vmware plugin?

[sdputurn]

thanks @briancain for your reply. no i did not had licence. but the problem was all sub-commands to vagrant were error. this got fixed after i uninstall the plugin and rebooted my machine. closing this issue.

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