![]() I'm sure there is a KB somewhere that goes over the process and the details. I usually download and update manually and when I do I pull down the entire package. Well since the tools install is dorked up it's going to be faster to rebuild the VM than to actually answer yes to every overwrite prompt.Īfter pondering for a while I wonder if an in place upgrade leaves out the tools portion so that the upgrade will run a bit faster. VMware Tar Tool for Linux virtual machine is feature-frozen at version 10.3.10, so the tar tools (linux.iso) included in Workstation Player is 10.3.10 and will not be updated. So if anyone else runs into the greyed "Downloading VMWare Tools" reboot the VM and install form the prompt at the bottom. If I ran from the prompt at the bottom of my screen it works. I have tried ejecting the cd/dvd and starting windows with it not connected (this results in a empty cd/dvd drive showing under my devices in the windows 8.1 guest but no option to install vmware tools) I have tried starting the windows guest. Yeah this was weird behavior, I tried upgrading tools from the menu which didn't work.twice. Hello, the install vmware tools is grayed out windows 8.1 guest, linux host vmware workstation 12. I tried upgrading to Windows 7 but it still had the same problem. Killed the upgrade process and tried again that did not change the status of Downloading VMWareTools. I tried deleting all the files and registry entries I could find for the previous VMware Tools installation, but that didnt help. In the Terminal, run this command to navigate to the vmware-tools-distrib folder: cd Desktop/vmware-tools-distrib. For more information, see Opening a command or shell prompt (1003892). Now whether or not that happens because that other process cannot be stopped is a very distinct possibility. Install VMware Tools in Ubuntu: To install VMware Tools in Ubuntu follow the steps below: Open a Terminal window. So I tried pulling in the files to manually run an upgrade from a CLI on Ubuntu and that just hangs. ![]() I may have to fish around for the tools and pull them in manually rather than wait on the process. In the past this process rarely broke, but at least I had control over what happened. Then (assuming your CD drive is drive letter D) - d:setup.exe and hit Enter. This appears to be a new thing since i upgraded to 10.0.2 build-1744117. You should be able to use keyboard - Win+R to open the 'Run' command box. No status and no way of knowing if there is an issue with the process. Where is it downloading the tools from host or web? Why can I not stop the process? I also wonder how this behaves with a Linux guest as I am pretty sure the firewall is up and might be blocking this. In the user interface for the VMware product, locate the Install VMware Tools menu item, which is typically found under a Virtual Machine or Guest Operating System menu. Wait for the desktop to load and be ready. ![]() The greying out and download is not a step in the right direction. Log in to the virtual machine using an account with Administrator or root privileges. I prefer the old way of dealing with this where you could cancel an install and try again. ![]()
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