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3 Replies Last post: May 5, 2009 2:18 PM by ltsl
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Drag and drop - Boot Camp / VMware Fusion 2.0.4

May 5, 2009 8:06 AM

Click to view ltsl's profile Novice ltsl 2 posts since
May 5, 2009

Hello,

although trying to find a solution for this using the search function I did not come up with result. I have a Boot Camp partition running XP SP3 with VMware tools installed and am accessing this partition using Fusion 2.0.4. Everything seems to work fine besides that drag and drop is not working (it is working for normal VMware images, though).

Do I have to configure anything special?

Thanks,

ltsl

Reply Re: Drag and drop - Boot Camp / VMware Fusion 2.0.4 May 5, 2009 11:57 AM
Click to view RiteshK's profile Hot Shot RiteshK 122 posts since
May 5, 2009

Hi,

I will suggest you to enable root login first and then Run the VM on your Bootcamp partition using Fusion....

After that try drag and drop as the issue might occur due to lack of permissions.

Reply Re: Drag and drop - Boot Camp / VMware Fusion 2.0.4 May 5, 2009 2:18 PM
Click to view WoodyZ's profile Guru WoodyZ 9,999 posts since
Apr 22, 2004
ltsl wrote: I have a Boot Camp partition running XP SP3 with VMware tools installed and am accessing this partition using Fusion 2.0.4. Everything seems to work fine besides that drag and drop is not working (it is working for normal VMware images, though).

Drag & Drop functionality is provided by VMware Tools so the only suggestion I have is for you to uninstall/reinstall VMware Tools in the Boot Camp partition Virtual Machine. This is done while running the Boot Camp partition as a Virtual Machine and then click Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs > VMware Tools. Then after uninstalling you can reinstall by selecting Install VMware Tools from the Virtual Machines menu.
Reply Re: Drag and drop - Boot Camp / VMware Fusion 2.0.4 May 5, 2009 2:08 PM
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Click to view ltsl's profile Novice ltsl 2 posts since
May 5, 2009

WoodyZ, the solution is too obvious... and I did not reinstall the tools before as I thought they were installed on the blank XP partition and did not work a second. Thought it might be a limitation for boot camp partitions as everything worked fine in an image XP.

Thanks!


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