Installed the long-overdue VMware Tools 10.2.0 which finally fixed the shared folder write from MS Office problem.
But this version appears to introduce two serious new bugs:
- Shared printers don't work any more
- Mouse cursor repositions itself to unwanted locations (usually along the left edge of the VM's client area) at seemingly random times. Very annoying and makes working in the VM extremely frustrating all day long. The easiest way to reproduce is to click OUTSIDE the VM's client area (taking focus away from the VM), then click in the middle of the VM, and the cursor will disappear and reappear someplace near the top left corner of the VM. Taking focus away from the VM then giving it back is a sure way to reproduce, but this is not the only time it does this. I work inside my VM all day long and the mouse frequently disappears at seemingly random times, and shows up near the top left of my VM's 3-monitor client area.
Both of these problems were reported in the Fusion thread about the MS Office problem, where a VMware engineer encouraged posting any new problems in a new thread. Both Fusion and Workstation users reported the same symptoms in the Fusion thread where the VMware employee said to start a new thread, so it seems pretty clear this is a bug in Tools, not in Fusion or Workstation.
Thanks,
Erik
