Clipboard not copying RTF / HTML formatted contents

Doe_ — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 10:19:58 GMT

Host: Debian based Linux (6.1.0)

Guest: Windows 10

VMware: Workstation Pro 17.0.2

Issue: VMWare Workstation (or vmtools) fails to copy additional mime-types between host and guest, in either direction.

Details / desired outcome: I would expect RTF / HTML formatted text (for example, copied from a webpage or Word) to be copied between host and guest.

Using the InsideClipboard tool, we can see that if I copy text from a webpage in Windows, the following formats are available within Windows' clipboard:

However, in my host, only the following formats are available:

TIMESTAMP
TARGETS
MULTIPLE
STRING
text/plain
UTF8_STRING
COMPOUND_TEXT

Similarly, copying from Firefox in Linux (host), the following formats are available:

TIMESTAMP
TARGETS
MULTIPLE
SAVE_TARGETS
text/html
text/_moz_htmlcontext
text/_moz_htmlinfo
UTF8_STRING
COMPOUND_TEXT
TEXT
STRING
text/plain;charset=utf-8
text/plain
text/x-moz-url-priv

But in Windows (guest), only the CF_UNICODETEXT is available.

This is despite VMWare claiming that RTF/HTML Formated text is copied between host and guest:

Copying and pasting plain text and formatted text (including the formatting) is restricted to amounts less than 4MB.

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Clipboard not copying RTF / HTML formatted contents