That appears to be a bug in the tool when run from the GUI - it doesn't work for non-English system languages. (At least it's been confirmed for French).
It will work if you use the command line version.
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1. | Open the Terminal app. |
2. | Change the working directory to the Desktop cd ~/Desktop |
3. | Mount the ISO file containing the VMware Tools for Windows 11 ARM hdiutil attach "/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/isoimages/arm64/windows.iso" The ISO will appear on the Desktop as “VMware Tools” and will be found at /Volumes/VMware Tools. |
4. | Download the ESD from Microsoft for the desired edition and language: /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmw_esd2iso getesd --edition "edition" --lang "tag" where edition is “Professional” for an ISO containing Home and Professional editions, or “Enterprise” for an ISO containing Professional and Enterprise editions. tag is one of the Windows 11 ARM language tags used to select the desired language of the Windows installer: Language Tag Language Description
bg-bg Bulgarian (Bulgaria)
cs-cz Czech (Czechia)
da-dk Danish (Denmark)
de-de German (Germany)
el-gr Greek (Greece)
en-gb English (United Kingdom)
en-us English (United States)
es-es Spanish (Spain, International Sort)
es-mx Spanish (Mexico)
et-ee Estonian (Estonia)
fi-fi Finnish (Finland)
fr-ca French (Canada)
fr-fr French (France)
he-il Hebrew (Israel)
hr-hr Croatian (Croatia)
hu-hu Hungarian (Hungary)
it-it Italian (Italy)
ja-jp Japanese (Japan)
ko-kr Korean (Korea)
lt-lt Lithuanian (Lithuania)
lv-lv Latvian (Latvia)
nb-no Norwegian Bokmål (Norway)
nl-nl Dutch (Netherlands)
pl-pl Polish (Poland)
pt-br Portuguese (Brazil)
pt-pt Portuguese (Portugal)
ro-ro Romanian (Romania)
ru-ru Russian (Russia)
sk-sk Slovak (Slovakia)
sl-si Slovenian (Slovenia)
sr-latn-rs Serbian (Latin, Serbia)
sv-se Swedish (Sweden)
th-th Thai (Thailand)
tr-tr Turkish (Turkey)
uk-ua Ukrainian (Ukraine)
zh-cn Chinese (Simplified, China)
zh-tw Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) The ESD will be downloaded to the Desktop folder. Make note of the file name, you will need it for the next step. |
5. | Create the ISO file from the ESD and include VMware video and network drivers (the drivers will be installed by Windows setup so you don’t have to do it later). /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmw_esd2iso generateiso --esd "esd-file" --drivers "/Volumes/VMware Tools/svga,/Volumes/VMware Tools/vmxnet3" where esd-file is the name of the ESD file downloaded in the prior steps. Enclose the file name in double quotes if the name contains spaces. The ISO file will be generated in the Desktop folder. |
6. | Clean up. Unmount the VMware Tools ISO with the following command: hdiutil detach "/Volumes/VMware Tools" Use the Finder to delete the downloaded ESD file from the Desktop folder (don’t forget to empty the Trash!). The ESD file is no longer needed. . |
- Paul (Technogeezer)
Editor of the Unofficial Fusion Companion Guides
