If the line
sound.virtualDev = "hdaudio"
is present in the Windows 10 VM vmx configuration file; shut down the VM and remove that line.
Removing that line would switch the audio controller from the Microsoft High Definition Audio controller to the VMware VMaudio controller. The VMware VMaudio requires VMware Tools to be installed. In the event Windows 10 VM OS does not automatically pick up the VMware VMaudio driver (leading to no audio and an Unknown device in Device Manager), you may have manually install the VMware audio driver from Device Manager and browse for the driver of the "unknown device" at C:\Program Files\Common Files\VMware\Drivers\audio.
extract the VMware Tools.
From command line run E:
setup64 /a
and it should prompt for a destination folder to extract the contents to.
Once extraction is complete, you can manually browse for the driver to destination folder that you specified. ( should be under drivers- audio- vista)
