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I am using a Windows 10 host machine with a VMware Workstation 15 Pro (15.0.2 build-10952284).

The drag&drop feature stopped working with one of the guest machines, which is a Kali Linux (Kali GNU/Linux Rolling 2020.3). It still works fine for the windows machines.

The copy&paste feature works fine for all machines, Kali included.

So far I have tried:

• Restarting the guest, VMware, and the host machine

• Checking the guest isolation options, which are properly checked.

• Reinstalling the VMware tools as instructed by the feature "Reinstall VMware Tools..." - This broke the c&p feature.

• Follow the steps to install open-vm-tools from a similar problem here - This caused the machine to freeze completely whenever I tried to drag&drop.

• Tried some similar solution with slight variations here and here - Same result

• Check and uncheck the guest isolation as also suggested here - Did nothing

• Enable the run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount feature as suggested here - Also nothing

• Update: Also used this excellent guide, which is somewhat similar to the above, but uses the --purge options when removing the previous package. This solved the freeze issue, but did not enable the DnD feature.

If anyone has any solution for this I would highly appreciate it :-)

Would be happy to provide any further details necessary.

Thanks!

Update: The guest is bridged to the host's network, but for some reason I can only ping host->guest and not the other way around.

  I have tried to turn off my firewall on the host machine for a few minutes and can now drag files inside the guest, but not out. It also doesn't freeze anymore. Which settings should I fix in the firewall to make that effect last, and is there a way to enable both directions?

I am using a Windows 10 host machine with a VMware Workstation 15 Pro (15.0.2 build-10952284).

The drag&drop feature stopped working with one of the guest machines, which is a Kali Linux (Kali GNU/Linux Rolling 2020.3). It still works fine for the windows machines.

The copy&paste feature works fine for all machines, Kali included.

So far I have tried:

• Restarting the guest, VMware, and the host machine

• Checking the guest isolation options, which are properly checked.

• Reinstalling the VMware tools as instructed by the feature "Reinstall VMware Tools..." - This broke the c&p feature.

• Follow the steps to install open-vm-tools from a similar problem here - This caused the machine to freeze completely whenever I tried to drag&drop.

• Tried some similar solution with slight variations here and here - Same result

• Check and uncheck the guest isolation as also suggested here - Did nothing

• Enable the run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount feature as suggested here - Also nothing

• Update: Also used this excellent guide, which is somewhat similar to the above, but uses the --purge options when removing the previous package. This solved the freeze issue, but did not enable the DnD feature.

If anyone has any solution for this I would highly appreciate it :-)

Would be happy to provide any further details necessary.

Thanks!

Update: The guest is bridged to the host's network, but for some reason I can only ping host->guest and not the other way around. When I turn off the firewall I can ping both ways, but not drag and drop.

I am using a Windows 10 host machine with a VMware Workstation 15 Pro (15.0.2 build-10952284).

The drag&drop feature stopped working with one of the guest machines, which is a Kali Linux (Kali GNU/Linux Rolling 2020.3). It still works fine for the windows machines.

The copy&paste feature works fine for all machines, Kali included.

So far I have tried:

• Restarting the guest, VMware, and the host machine

• Checking the guest isolation options, which are properly checked.

• Reinstalling the VMware tools as instructed by the feature "Reinstall VMware Tools..." - This broke the c&p feature.

• Follow the steps to install open-vm-tools from a similar problem here - This caused the machine to freeze completely whenever I tried to drag&drop.

• Tried some similar solution with slight variations here and here - Same result

• Check and uncheck the guest isolation as also suggested here - Did nothing

• Enable the run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount feature as suggested here - Also nothing

If anyone has any solution for this I would highly appreciate it :-)

Would be happy to provide any further details necessary.

Thanks!

Update: The guest is bridged to the host's network, but for some reason I can only ping host->guest and not the other way around.

I have tried to turn off my firewall on the host machine for a few minutes and can now drag files inside the guest, but not out. It also doesn't freeze anymore. Which settings should I fix in the firewall to make that effect last, and is there a way to enable both directions?

I am using a Windows 10 host machine with a VMware Workstation 15 Pro (15.0.2 build-10952284).

The drag&drop feature stopped working with one of the guest machines, which is a Kali Linux (Kali GNU/Linux Rolling 2020.3). It still works fine for the windows machines.

The copy&paste feature works fine for all machines, Kali included.

So far I have tried:

• Restarting the guest, VMware, and the host machine

• Checking the guest isolation options, which are properly checked.

• Reinstalling the VMware tools as instructed by the feature "Reinstall VMware Tools..." - This broke the c&p feature.

• Follow the steps to install open-vm-tools from a similar problem here - This caused the machine to freeze completely whenever I tried to drag&drop.

• Tried some similar solution with slight variations here and here - Same result

• Check and uncheck the guest isolation as also suggested here - Did nothing

• Enable the run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount feature as suggested here - Also nothing

• Update: Also used this excellent guide, which is somewhat similar to the above, but uses the --purge options when removing the previous package. This solved the freeze issue, but did not enable the DnD feature.

If anyone has any solution for this I would highly appreciate it :-)

Would be happy to provide any further details necessary.

Thanks!

Update: The guest is bridged to the host's network, but for some reason I can only ping host->guest and not the other way around.

I have tried to turn off my firewall on the host machine for a few minutes and can now drag files inside the guest, but not out. It also doesn't freeze anymore. Which settings should I fix in the firewall to make that effect last, and is there a way to enable both directions?

I am using a Windows 10 host machine with a VMware Workstation 15 Pro (15.0.2 build-10952284).

The drag&drop feature stopped working with one of the guest machines, which is a Kali Linux (Kali GNU/Linux Rolling 2020.3). It still works fine for the windows machines.

The copy&paste feature works fine for all machines, Kali included.

So far I have tried:

• Restarting the guest, VMware, and the host machine

• Checking the guest isolation options, which are properly checked.

• Reinstalling the VMware tools as instructed by the feature "Reinstall VMware Tools..." - This broke the c&p feature.

• Follow the steps to install open-vm-tools from a similar problem here - This caused the machine to freeze completely whenever I tried to drag&drop.

• Tried some similar solution with slight variations here and here - Same result

• Check and uncheck the guest isolation as also suggested here - Did nothing

• Enable the run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount feature as suggested here - Also nothing

If anyone has any solution for this I would highly appreciate it :-)

Would be happy to provide any further details necessary.

Thanks!

I am using a Windows 10 host machine with a VMware Workstation 15 Pro (15.0.2 build-10952284).

The drag&drop feature stopped working with one of the guest machines, which is a Kali Linux (Kali GNU/Linux Rolling 2020.3). It still works fine for the windows machines.

The copy&paste feature works fine for all machines, Kali included.

So far I have tried:

• Restarting the guest, VMware, and the host machine

• Checking the guest isolation options, which are properly checked.

• Reinstalling the VMware tools as instructed by the feature "Reinstall VMware Tools..." - This broke the c&p feature.

• Follow the steps to install open-vm-tools from a similar problem here - This caused the machine to freeze completely whenever I tried to drag&drop.

• Tried some similar solution with slight variations here and here - Same result

• Check and uncheck the guest isolation as also suggested here - Did nothing

• Enable the run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount feature as suggested here - Also nothing

If anyone has any solution for this I would highly appreciate it :-)

Would be happy to provide any further details necessary.

Thanks!

Update: The guest is bridged to the host's network, but for some reason I can only ping host->guest and not the other way around.

I have tried to turn off my firewall on the host machine for a few minutes and can now drag files inside the guest, but not out. It also doesn't freeze anymore. Which settings should I fix in the firewall to make that effect last, and is there a way to enable both directions?