"Launch Remote Console" wrongly launches VMWare Workstation in vSphere Web

Symptom

When clicking "Launch Remote Console" in vSphere, VMWare Workstation vmware.exe launches
instead of vmrc.exe

How to fix

modify windows registry as below

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\vmrc\DefaultIcon]
@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VMware\\VMware Remote Console\\vmrc.exe\",0"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\vmrc\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VMware\\VMware Remote Console\\vmrc.exe\" \"%1\""

cf.
https://zhengwu.org/2016/07/12/virtual-machine-console-in-vcenter-is-opened-by-vmware-workstation