This script adds the *NdisDeviceType registry value with value 1 to the keys of the VMWare network cards.
Afterwards it disables and enables the networkcards to let the changes take effect.

$nics = gci "HKLM:\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Class\\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}"
$nics | foreach-object -process {
    $devInstanceId = $_.getvalue("DeviceInstanceID")
    if($devInstanceId -match "VMWARE"){
        Write-Host $_.Name
        $regpath = ( $_.name ) -replace("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE","HKLM:")
        new-itemproperty -path $regpath -name "*NdisDeviceType" -value 1 -PropertyType "DWORD"
    }
}
 
 $wminics = get-wmiobject win32_networkadapter | where-object {$_.name -like "*vmware*" }
 $wminics | foreach-object -process { 
        
     write-host -nonew "Disabling $($_.name) ... "
     $result = $_.Disable() 
     if ($result.ReturnValue -eq -0) { write-host " success." } else { write-host " failed." } 
        
     write-host -nonew "Enabling $($_.name) ... "
     $result = $_.Enable() 
     if ($result.ReturnValue -eq -0) { write-host " success." } else { write-host " failed." } 
 }

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