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Setting preferences for VMware Tools

To set preferences for VMware Tools:

  1. Start VMware Tools by running this command at a shell prompt: vmware-toolbox.
  2. The "Devices" tab allows you to enable or disable removable devices. (You can also set these options from the "Devices" menu of the Workstation application window.)
  3. The "Shrink" tab allows you to remove unused disk blocks from your virtual disk, thereby reducing (shrinking) the amount of storage space consumed by the virtual disk. It also reorganizes your virtual disk so that its data blocks are contiguous.
  4. The "Other" tab shows the "Miscellaneous Options":

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