Hi,
That's what I expected you would say.
I remember reading that somebody else had a problem with the thinprint drivers in the VMware Tools that are installed on Windows 7 on Fusion 11.
In that past it was suggested to re-install VMware tools, use advanced settings and not install the thinprint drivers then it should work OK.
Of course this means that Windows 7 will not work with the shared printer feature.
Another thing which I would first try is to shut down the VM.
Then under settings, remove the virtual printer port and add it back again. Then boot your VM and see if you still have the problem.
If that's still the case then follow the earlier mentioned steps where you customize the VMware Tools setup.
Hope this helps,
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Wil
Hi,
Looks like the VMware Tools thinprint story I read about for Windows 7 is a red herring.
Glad to hear it now works.
A tad bit worried about the "noticed that the VMWare/VMTools directory still existed and containd files".
Have you already rebooted the VM and does VMware Tools still work as expected?
The reason I'm saying this is because if you uninstall VMware Tools and it leaves files behind then that usually is because those files had been in use and could not be deleted at the time of uninstall. As a result they are scheduled to be deleted on restart.
If you didn't reboot, those files are still marked as deleted and a fine working install can stop working.
Which is why I normally recommend "uninstall VMware Tools, reboot the guest OS, reinstall VMware Tools".
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Wil
Hi,
It's OK, I don't work for VMware so can't help in making VMware Fusion better (fwiw, my product is in my sig 
)
Something went wrong with the vmware tools upgrade and that sometimes just happens.
The fresh install as you did is the best cure for most vmware tools issues on Windows guests.
I was distracted by the "windows 7" part and what I recently read about thinprint.
However I do appreciate your feedback as it will help me in helping others that bump into this as I'm sure will happen again.
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Wil