diff --git a/bin/vmware-config.pl b/bin/vmware-config.pl
index 88cdb5d..1fcd2f3 100755
--- a/bin/vmware-config.pl
+++ b/bin/vmware-config.pl
@@ -11038,7 +11038,7 @@ sub main {
          error('Please shut down any running VMs and run this script again.' .
                "\n\n");
       } else {
-         if (system(shell_string(db_get_answer('INITSCRIPTSDIR') . '/vmware')
+         if (system(shell_string('/etc/init.d' . '/vmware')
                     . ' stop')) {
             error('Unable to stop services for ' . vmware_product_name() .  "\n\n");
          }
@@ -11090,8 +11090,8 @@ sub main {
 
   if (isDesktopProduct()) {
     build_vmblock();
-    createMimePackageFile();
-    configureDesktopFiles();
+    # createMimePackageFile();
+    # configureDesktopFiles();
     if (vmware_binary() ne "vmplayer") {
       configure_eclipse_plugin();
     } 
@@ -11190,7 +11190,7 @@ sub main {
   db_save();
   # Then start VMware's services
   if (!$gOption{'skip-stop-start'}) {
-    system(shell_string(db_get_answer('INITSCRIPTSDIR') . '/vmware') . ' start');
+    system(shell_string('/etc/init.d' . '/vmware') . ' start');
     print "\n";
   }