Problem with installing VMware Tools on Windows 7 64bit

[stephenhjj]

Keep getting the screen attached. Cannot find how to fix this issue installling VMWare tools.

[Gkeerthy]

did you connected the virtual cd rom to the OS ? and check if it is connected status.

is it workstation of ESX - you are deploying

[stephenhjj]

What do you mean by checking to see if it is connected ?

It is a workstation operating on a VMware Fusion 5

[tracywang]

Please try to uninstall the tools first from control panel if it exists, then install it from VMware Fusion menu, Virtual machine -> Install VMware Tools. Or manually connect the tools iso to CD/DVD, /Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/isoimages/windows.iso

[avanish321]

Perform the steps as described in this article

manual installation of vmware tools