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xerces8
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VMWare Tools can not be upgraded

I use VMWare Player 4.0.4 on Windows 7 host.

I run a VM with Windows XP Pro SP3 and when I try to update the VMWare Tools, I get the error:

Files in Use

Some files that need to be updated are currently in use.

The following applications are using files that need to be updated by this setup. Close these applications and click Retry to continue.

VMWare Tools

The thing is, VMWare Tools has no close button.

I will try to manually unistall the older Tools, then install the new one.

Until then VMWare should fix this.

Regards,

David

PS: The old Tools version is build-203137 (this is all it says in the about box). In the Control Panel / Add or Remove Programs it says version 3.1.0000

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xerces8
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OK, I unistalled the old VMWare Tools, then installed the new one (Version: 8.8.4, build-743747).

I guess programming an update procedure that just works is still one of the hardest things to do... Smiley Wink

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