RDPetruska wrote: You don't need to install it... just let the setup program unpack all the files into the temporary folder it creates... copy the network.cab file from there, then click the Cancel button on the setup.
VMware Player 5.x no longer ships with the Virtual Network Editor vmnetcfg.exe however it does ship with and installs the vmnetui.dll and can be brought up by running the following command in an Administrator Command Prompt from the VMware Player Working Directory (or include the FQP of vmnetui.dll in the command line).
rundll32.exe vmnetui.dll VMNetUI_ShowStandalone