topic Re: VMWare Tools won't start! in VMware Fusion Discussions https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Discussions/VMWare-Tools-won-t-start/m-p/2638074#M163476 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Part of VMware Tools runs as a Service and that is probably what's not starting, so have you looked in the Event Viewer in Windows for any clues as to why the Service is not starting/failing?</P><P></P><P>Event Viewer can be found under Administrative Tools in Control Panel or use the following command:</P><P></P><PRE __default_attr="plain" __jive_macro_name="code" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_code">%windiw%\system32\eventvwr.msc /s</PRE></BODY></HTML> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:35:56 GMT WoodyZ 2011-12-20T11:35:56Z VMWare Tools won't start! https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Discussions/VMWare-Tools-won-t-start/m-p/2638073#M163475 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a Win7 guest under Fusion 4.x and I can't seem to start VMWare tools.&nbsp; I have installed/reinstalled several times, rebooted the guest, and the tools won't start.&nbsp; I've tried double-clicking on the VM grey icon in the quick start part of the taskbar and I have also right-clicked and selected "Open VMWare tools", all to no avail.&nbsp; I get a brief spinning cursor followed by nothing.</P><P></P><P>Any thoughts about how I should proceed?</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:57:52 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Discussions/VMWare-Tools-won-t-start/m-p/2638073#M163475 camner 2011-12-18T02:57:52Z Re: VMWare Tools won't start! https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Discussions/VMWare-Tools-won-t-start/m-p/2638074#M163476 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Part of VMware Tools runs as a Service and that is probably what's not starting, so have you looked in the Event Viewer in Windows for any clues as to why the Service is not starting/failing?</P><P></P><P>Event Viewer can be found under Administrative Tools in Control Panel or use the following command:</P><P></P><PRE __default_attr="plain" __jive_macro_name="code" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_code">%windiw%\system32\eventvwr.msc /s</PRE></BODY></HTML> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:35:56 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Discussions/VMWare-Tools-won-t-start/m-p/2638074#M163476 WoodyZ 2011-12-20T11:35:56Z