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VMWare Workstation: 17.01 Guest OS: Windows 10.

After upgrading host Ubuntu 20.04 => 22.04, VMWare Workstation copy/paste function is broken.

  • Host => Guest: Copy/Cut text: unable to paste in guest.
  • Host => Guest: Copy/Cut file: unable to paste in guest.
  • Guest => Host: Copy/Cut text: working.
  • Guest => Host: Copy/Cut file: file copied to host, but cut does not delete file in guest.
  • Host => Guest: drag file: working.

What I tried:

  • Reinstall VMWare Tools.
  • Reinstall VMWare on host.
  • Reboot.

==== UPDATE ====
It seems to be a host desktop integration problem (bug?) -- copy from some apps works.
For example:

  • Copy from Chrome and paste to guest => working.
  • Copy from gedit/terminal/calculator => cannot paste.
    The file copy/paste was from nautilus, so it might work from other file manager.

VMWare Workstation: 17.01 Guest OS: Windows 10.

After upgrading host Ubuntu 20.04 => 22.04, VMWare Workstation copy/paste function is broken.

  • Host => Guest: Copy/Cut text: unable to paste in guest.
  • Host => Guest: Copy/Cut file: unable to paste in guest.
  • Guest => Host: Copy/Cut text: working.
  • Guest => Host: Copy/Cut file: file copied to host, but cut does not delete file in guest.
  • Host => Guest: drag file: working.

What I tried:

  • Reinstall VMWare Tools.
  • Reinstall VMWare on host.
  • Reboot.

VMWare Workstation: 17.01 Guest OS: Windows 10.

After upgrading host Ubuntu 20.04 => 22.04, VMWare Workstation copy/paste function is broken.

  • Host => Guest: Copy/Cut text: unable to paste in guest.
  • Host => Guest: Copy/Cut file: unable to paste in guest.
  • Guest => Host: Copy/Cut text: working.
  • Guest => Host: Copy/Cut file: file copied to host, but cut does not delete file in guest.
  • Host => Guest: drag file: working.

What I tried:

  • Reinstall VMWare Tools.
  • Reinstall VMWare on host.
  • Reboot.

==== UPDATE ====
It seems to be a host desktop integration problem (bug?) -- copy from some apps works.
For example:

  • Copy from Chrome and paste to guest => working.
  • Copy from gedit/terminal/calculator => cannot paste.
    The file copy/paste was from nautilus, so it might work from other file manager.
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VMWare Workstation: 17.01 Guest OS: Windows 10.

After upgrading host Ubuntu 20.04 => 22.04, VMWare Workstation copy/paste function is broken.

  • Host => Guest: Copy/Cut text: unable to paste in guest.
  • Host => Guest: Copy/Cut file: unable to paste in guest.
  • Guest => Host: Copy/Cut text: working.
  • Guest => Host: Copy/Cut file: file copied to host, but cut does not delete file in guest.
  • Host => Guest: drag file: working.

What I tried:

  • Reinstall VMWare Tools.
  • Reinstall VMWare on host.
  • Reboot.

VMWare Workstation: 17.01 Guest OS: Windows 10.

After upgrading host Ubuntu 20.04 => 22.04, VMWare Workstation copy/paste function is broken.

  • Host => Guest: Copy/Cut text: unable to paste in guest.
  • Host => Guest: Copy/Cut file: unable to paste in guest.
  • Guest => Host: Copy/Cut text: working.
  • Guest => Host: Copy/Cut file: file copied to host, but cut does not delete file in guest.
  • Host => Guest: drag file: working.

VMWare Workstation: 17.01 Guest OS: Windows 10.

After upgrading host Ubuntu 20.04 => 22.04, VMWare Workstation copy/paste function is broken.

  • Host => Guest: Copy/Cut text: unable to paste in guest.
  • Host => Guest: Copy/Cut file: unable to paste in guest.
  • Guest => Host: Copy/Cut text: working.
  • Guest => Host: Copy/Cut file: file copied to host, but cut does not delete file in guest.
  • Host => Guest: drag file: working.

What I tried:

  • Reinstall VMWare Tools.
  • Reinstall VMWare on host.
  • Reboot.
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VMWare Workstation: host to guest pasting stopped working after host Ubuntu upgrade to 22.04

VMWare Workstation: 17.01 Guest OS: Windows 10.

After upgrading host Ubuntu 20.04 => 22.04, VMWare Workstation copy/paste function is broken.

  • Host => Guest: Copy/Cut text: unable to paste in guest.
  • Host => Guest: Copy/Cut file: unable to paste in guest.
  • Guest => Host: Copy/Cut text: working.
  • Guest => Host: Copy/Cut file: file copied to host, but cut does not delete file in guest.
  • Host => Guest: drag file: working.