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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.

    On Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98 and Windows 98 SE guests, the SVGA driver is installed automatically. On Windows 98, Windows 98 SE and Windows Me, the SVGA driver is activated following the reboot of the system. On Windows 2000 and Windows XP you do not have to reboot before you can use the new driver. On Windows 95 and Windows NT guests, you need to configure the video driver manually, and then reboot the system before you can use the new driver.

    Instructions for configuring the video driver will open automatically in Notepad at the end of the installation process. If the Notepad window is hidden, bring it to the front by clicking the Notepad button on the Windows taskbar.

    The VMware Tools background application will be launched automatically when you reboot the virtual machine.

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