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Installing VMware Tools for Windows

VMware Tools for Windows supports Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0,Windows 2000 and Windows XP guest operating systems.

  1. Power on the virtual machine. The following steps all take place inside the virtual machine, not on the host computer.

    Note: If you have an older version of VMware Tools installed, stop the old version before installing the new one.

  2. Right-click the VMware Tools icon in the system tray on the Windows toolbar and choose Exit.
  3. Choose Settings > VMware Tools Install.

    Note: If you decide not to proceed with the installation of VMware Tools, you may cancel the operation by selecting Settings > Cancel VMware Tools Install.

  4. If the installation does not auto-launch, you can run the installer by clicking Start > Run and entering D:\VmwareTools.exe where D: is your virtual CD-ROM drive.

    Note the following:

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