Lost my Map drive with the latest windows update...

[Betazero]

Microsoft update Windows today and now I can't map a vmware-host network spot to a drive....I have tons of Xrefs which use the drive letter I had mapped. Any solution to this? I know its only a one day old problem but its pretty big problem for me. I tried un-sharing and disabling mirrors and also I re-installed Vmware tools a couple times..

[Betazero]

also clicking on the VMware share causes a lockup

[wila · Accepted solution]

Hi,

also I re-installed Vmware tools a couple times

Unfortunately not all re-installs fix problems. It has to be one in a rather specific way.

FWIW this does sound like a VMware Tools issue.

Here's my notes on the steps for fixing a VMware Tools problem.

Do not try a repair install from within the Guest OS as it likely will not fix this, unfortunately the "Reinstall VMware Tools" from the drop down menu also falls in that same category.

You really need the guest OS to reboot inbetween uninstall and install to make sure that all the files from VMware Tools are in the correct locations and of the correct version.

In short follow these steps:

• Uninstall VMware Tools
• Reboot guest OS
• Install VMware Tools
• Reboot guest OS.

A bit of a longer description is: 

• In Windows, go to Control Panel -> Programs & Features -> Select VMware Tools -> Uninstall

Follow the steps from the installer to completely uninstall VMware Tools

• Reboot the guest (==Windows)
• Then from the Virtual Machine menu select "Install VMware Tools"

If no installer appears, go to the DVD-rom within windows and click "setup" (for 32 bits windows) or "setup64" (for 64 bits windows)

Once you see an installer, click "Next" until Finish, keep the defaults.

• Reboot the guest when done installing (it will ask by itself to reboot)

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Wil

[Betazero]

ok trying that now

[Betazero]

Thanks that worked!

[JagWireZ]

Confirmed to work for me. Thank you for the fix!