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BIG STEP 400:

INSTALL "VMWARE TOOLS"

INTO "WINDOWS 10.."

RUNNING INSIDE

A "VIRTUAL MACHINE"

INSIDE "VMWARE

WORKSTATION PLAYER"

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SUMMARY

You can install "VMware Tools"

into "Windows 10.." running

inside a "virtual machine" inside

"VMware Workstation Player" (in

a "Windows.." host) to enhance

the operation of the "virtual

machine".

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TOPICS

• WHAT IS "VMWARE TOOLS"?

• INSTALLING "VMWARE TOOLS"

INTO A "VIRTUAL MACHINE"

RUNNING "WINDOWS 10.."

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WHAT IS "VMWARE TOOLS"?

According to

https://pubs.vmware.com/fusion-

4/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmwar

e.fusion.help.doc%2FGUID-

82AEC35C-D3DC-42F4-A84B-

542B1D501D2B.html:

https://pubs.vmware.com/fusion-4/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.fusion.help.doc%2FGUID-82AEC35C-D3DC-42F4-A84B-542B1D501D2B.html

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(continued)

VMware Tools is a suite of utilities

that enhances the performance of

the virtual machine's guest

operating system and improves

management of the virtual

machine:

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(continued)• Significantly faster graphics

performance..

• Shared folders between host and

guest file systems

• Copying and pasting text,

graphics, and files between the

virtual machine and the host or

client desktop

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(continued)

• Improved mouse performance

• Synchronization of the clock in

the virtual machine with the clock

on the host or client desktop

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INSTALLING "VMWARE TOOLS" INTO

A VIRTUAL MACHINE RUNNING

"WINDOWS 10.."

• Step 401:

Double-click on the "VMware

Workstation Player" icon on

the Windows "Desktop":

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"WINDOWS 10.." (continued)

• Step 402:

A "Player window" will be

displayed:

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• Step 403:

Click on the "Player" button

near the upper-left corner of

the "Player window":

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• Step 404:

Click on "File" in the pull-down

menu:

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• Step 405:

Click on "Preferences" in the

sub-menu:

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• Step 406:

A "Preferences" box will be

displayed:

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• Step 407:

Click on "Download all

components now":

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• Step 408:

The downloading process will

run for a while:

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• Step 409:

If a "User Account Control"

box pops up, click on its "Yes"

button:

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• Step 410:

The updating process will run

for a while:

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• Step 411:

Click on the "OK" button of the

"All downloadable

components are up to date."

box:

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• Step 412:

Click on the "OK" button of the

"Preferences" box:

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• Step 413:

You should now be back at the

"..Player.." window:

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• Step 414:

Click on the virtual machine

that you wish to install

"VMware Tools" into in order

to highlight it:

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• Step 415:

Click on "Play virtual

machine":

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• Step 416:

The "Windows 10.. " operating

system will start up and load

either its log in screen or the

Desktop:

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• Step 416:

The "Windows 10.. " operating

system will start up and load

either its log in screen or the

Desktop:

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• Step 417:

If you are at the log in screen

press any key and then log in

with whatever method you

have chosen for doing so:

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• Step 418:

The Windows desktop should

now be displayed:

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• Step 419:

Click on the "Player" button

near the upper-left corner of

the "virtual machine" window:

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• Step 420:

Click on "Manage" in the pull-

down menu:

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• Step 421:

Click on "Install VMware

Tools..." in the submenu:

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• Step 422:

Click on the "File Explorer"

icon in the "Taskbar":

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• Step 423:

A "File Explorer" window will

be displayed:

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• Step 424:

Click on the CD/DVD drive in

order to highlight it:

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• Step 425:

The contents of the CD/DVD

drive will be displayed in the

right-most pane:

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• Step 426:

If you are running the 32-bit

version of "Windows 10 Pro

Technical Preview", double-

click on "Setup" or

"Setup.exe":

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• Step 426 (continued):

If you are running the 64-bit

version of "Windows 10 Pro

Technical Preview", double-

click on "Setup64" or

"Setup64.exe":

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• Step 427:

Click on the "Yes" button of

the "User Account Control"

box:

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• Step 428:

Click on the "Next" button of

the "VMware Tools Setup"

box:

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• Step 429:

Click on the "Next" button of

the "Choose Setup Type" box:

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• Step 430:

Click on the "Install" button:

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• Step 431:

The installation process for

"VMware Tools" will run for a

while:

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• Step 432:

Click on the "Finish" button:

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• Step 433:

Click on the "Yes" button to

re-start the "virtual machine":

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• Step 434:

The "virtual machine" will re-

boot:

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• Step 435:

If the "virtual machine" boots

up into its default "lock

screen". Click anywhere on

the "lock screen" or press any

key to get a user login form:

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• Step 436:

Enter the password for your

local user account to access

the Windows "Desktop":

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• Step 437:

You should now be at the

Desktop of "Windows 10.." and

"VMware Tools" will now be one

of the software programs that is

running inside the "Windows 10"

virtual machine:

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