Questions tagged [vmware-tools]
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VMware tools not installing on Windows 7 ultimate. VMware workstation pro
So, I made a windows 7 virtual machine and VMware tools will not install. It just fails to install loads of stuff. I use custom and unselect the stuff that fails to install. It just rolls back. I'm ...
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How to set the clipboard sharing mode to one-way only in vmware workstation/player
I noticed that VMware's clipboard sharing is a two-way sharing, but because I often run dangerous software in the virtual machine, I don't want the dangerous software inside the virtual machine to ...
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Uninstall of VMware Tools fails, does nothing
We've had our two virtual servers migrated to a new service provider and they converted them from VMware to Hyper-V. This left behind "VMware Tools", which should be removed. But from "Apps & ...
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How is a user supposed to find the latest Version of VMWare tools on the (My)Vmware website?
I am really curios how a user is supposed to find the latest version of the VMWare tools when entering the http://my.vmware.com/ website. Actually, I only find it externally when I google it. But what ...
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How do I enable/disable VMware Tools at whim?
I have Mint 19 running inside VMware Player. VMware Tools is already installed.
Is there a way to enable and disable the VMware Tools without uninstalling it or shutting down the machine?
Can I do ...
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cannot mount vmware tools cdrom in VMware Player
Yes I know, there is another thread but I have another issue.
I am using Windows 7 as host and debian 8 as client.
I have configured a cdrom device in VM-Ware config and I have choosen the debian-8-...
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VMware Workstation 12 Pro - Error updating VMware Tools on Ubuntu 14.10
Workstation 12 Pro - 12.1.0 build-3272444
Individual license
Guest OS : Ubuntu 14.10 64-bit
VMware Tools: 9.6.2.31837 (build-1688356)
VM works fine except...
Updating VMware Tools, download stage ...
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VMware Tools does not resize the display on latest VMware Player
I am running Ubuntu 15.04 on VMware Workstation 12 Player. For some type of unknown reason, when I installed VMware Tools, it asked me if I wanted to install "this legacy version". Has VMware stopped ...
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Open Host applications from VMWare guest
I have a Windows 7 host and a Linux (CentOS) guest VMWare installation. I often use gnome-open in the guest to open a URL in the default browser. Is there a way to open the host’s browser instead?
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VMware Player "Manage > Install VMware Tools..." is Disabled
Note: I will be answering this question myself to help other people
who come across this problem in the future. Feel free to submit your
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What are the advantages of installing vmware tools on a non-gui linux distro?
I know this software is usefull when using a gui OS because it adds some features such as auto size screen. But what features are added to a non-gui distro?
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VMware SVGA driver on Windows 95 fails to install
So one day I decided to try out Windows 95 in VMware Workstation (I'm using 11.1.0). I install VMware Tools, however there is an error:
This program has performed an illegal operation and will be ...
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Get The VMware Tools SVGA Driver On ReactOS? [closed]
I'm setting up a ReactOS 0.3.15 X86-32 virtual machine in VMware Player 6.0.1. VMware player doesn't officially support ReactOS so as suggested in the ReactOS installation guide (http://www.reactos....
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Linux-headers and images in Ubuntu after installing vmware-tools
Can I run a dist-upgrade for linux-headers and images in Ubuntu after installing vmware-tools? I ask this because I think vmware-tools also install something like a header and image which could be ...
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Can't install VMware tools on Linux Mint 17
I just downloaded VMWare player 6.0.3 because I had major issues with VirtualBox. I need to share a folder and for this, I need VMware tools.
I tried clicking Player>Manage>Install VMware tools: the ...
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