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