VMWare Workstation 11 on Windows 10 executes as 32bit and fails to start a Ubuntu Linux 64bit guest

Question

I recently upgraded to a 64bit Windows 10 based PC. I installed my older VMWare Workstation 11.1.2 on it and created a Ubuntu Linux 64bit 16.4 LTS. It appeared that the VM creation went through successfully. However, when I attempt to start the VM, I receive an error as below:

On inspecting the Task Manager, I observe that the VMWare Workstation is started as a 32bit process and could be the reason for this. Does this mean I can't run 64 bit guest OS on this PC?

Any help will be highly appreciated.

Answer 1

It says right there in the error message what the problem is, Intel VT-x is disabled. Have you checked your bios settings?