Hi.
We have VMWare Fusion 10 installed on an iMac (Sierra) where we tried to install the VMWare Tools to get sharing folders to work.
When installing the VMWare Tools I received a Bluescreen of death where it reported that vm3dmp.sys caused the error.
We then restarted Virtual OS (Windows 7 64 bit) and were able to login as usual, but now the "Cancel VMWare Tools Installation" is greyed out.
What would be the next step to get the VMWare Tools installed so we can get the map sharing working?
Please be advised that Virtual Machine Image (so the speak) was created by Fusion 4 (which we've upgraded to 10) if that makes a difference.
Thank you.
/Patrick
Hi Patrick,
Looks like VMware Tools detection logic thinks it is still installing VMware Tools.
First thing I would try is to uninstall VMware Tools from the configuration screen.
After uninstalling VMware Tools I would expect the "Install VMware Tools" option to be there.
If it isn't there then what you can always do is to copy the windows.iso file from the VMware Fusion bundle in Application folder to the Documents folder.
All the menu item does is to present the iso image to the DVD rom and connect/disconnect the image.
The iso images are located within the application bundle, you can either use "Show Package contents" in Finder on the VMware Fusion app and navigate the folders to copy out the iso image so that you can connect the dvd, or use the following command in terminal to have it copy the windows.iso file to your documents folder.
$ cp /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/isoimages/windows.iso ~/Documents/
Connect the iso to the DVD/CDrom in your guest.
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)
Hope this helps,
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Wil
