Sun 8 Jul 2007
In a previous tutorial, I showed you how to create a vmware session with easyvmx and vmware player. This time, I will show you how to take this one step further … installing vmware tools. VMware tools enhances the vmware experience with better graphics and device support. VMware player does not come with the tools.
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Install vmware tools with vmware Player: |
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Downloads:
http://download3.vmware.com/software/wkst/VMware-workstation-5.5.0-18463.tar.gz
References:
http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Installing_VMware_Tools_with_VMware_Player.html


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July 8th, 2007 at 1:04 am
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July 9th, 2007 at 12:01 am
VMware Player 2.0 comes with VMware Tools. That’s the reason the download is now about 120MB compared to the 24MB for VMware Player 1.0.
July 13th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
I didn’t realize VMware Tools came with version 2.0. Thanks for the info!
December 29th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
# Mr. Mister Says:
July 9th, 2007 at 12:01 am
VMware Player 2.0 comes with VMware Tools. That’s the reason the download is now about 120MB compared to the 24MB for VMware Player 1.0.
Uh, any explanation on how to use this please? There’s no documentation that i’ve found that explains how to use vmware tools if it’s included with vmware player 2.0 thanks.
December 30th, 2007 at 12:24 am
Mitch,
All the .iso images for vmware tools can be found in this directory on your PC.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player
This just cuts out the download step from the video.
Josh
October 27th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
I dont see any .iso files in C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player. All I see is \vmware-tools\upgrader.exe that doesnt seem to do anything
trying to install vmware tools for a windows host and linux client. vmware player 2.5.0 build-118166
thanks
October 28th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
confused,
You are right, the vmware tools iso’s are not included with VMWare Player anymore. You might try following the video above or download vmware server, extract it and look for the iso images.
Josh