It is the first thing you need to fix the issue as stated above. For that, you need to run the virtual machine showing the error and go to the Devices > Install Guest ...
Some users have complained that when they open the VMware Player (or VMware Workstation Player) on their Windows PC and power on the virtual machine, they are unable to access the removable USB device ...
Virtualbox is a great app for using different operating systems on your PC, so here's how to get a fresh virtual machine set up and running.