Registered my name and downloaded vmware tools separately. Then after much research found this page:
#Vmware fusion install vmware tools pro
I had the same problem in Vmware Workstation pro 16.
#Vmware fusion install vmware tools windows 10
This isn't limited to Windows 10 VMs, it should work on any VM be it Linux, macOS, or older versions of Windows. If this doesn't work, you can try to manually download the VMWare Tools ISO, mount it in a virtual drive and install it. You will also see a new tab at the bottom of the screen prompting you to install the tools. The option should no longer be greyed out. Once it has booted to the desktop, click on the menu at the top left corner and go to "Player > Manage > Install VMWare Tools". Click on "OK" to close the window, and Start the VM as normal.Ĩ. (Previously, it had the Windows ISO selected)ħ. The right pane should have now have the option "Use Physical Drive > Auto Detect" enabled. Click on the "Add button" and select "CD/DVD" Drive and select finish.
(Optional, but this is what fixed it for me. Repeat the above step to remove the Floppy Drive. Highlight the CD/Drive on the left side-bar under the Hardware tab and click on the remove button.ĥ. This is when I searched the VMWare forums and found the solution on this thread.Ĥ. Disconnecting and reconnecting the virtual optical drive.I hoped this would free the drive and the virtual machine would let me install the tools. The option which I wanted to change in the virtual machine's CD/DVD drive was set to use my Windows 10 ISO and I couldn't change this setting. According to the page, the virtual CD/DVD drive should be set to "Auto Detect" so that VMWare would let the user install VMWare Tools. Hoping to find a fix, I began to look around and came across official documentation on VMWare's support portal. Oddly, when I clicked the Manage option the install VMWare tools option was grayed out. I even remember the message log displaying the notification that the tools had been downloaded. I knew that I had chosen the option to download VMWare tools when creating the virtual machine.
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