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hunchi
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vmware tools unavailable - could not find component on update server

Hey there,

i run into the following problem: With the vmware player i downloaded today (VMware-player-4.0.4-744019) i can't install vmware tools. The following error message appears instantly:

"Could not find component on update server. Contact VMware Support or your system administrator."

Upon searching the web it seems like a problem specific to 4.0.2 that has been fixed within a few days. I tried deinstalling / reinstalling but without success. The guest I am trying to use is Ubuntu 12.04. However if I try to download all available tools the same error message appears for every list entry.

Any suggestions? I also tried to find the .iso to download vmware tools for linux manually but couldn't find them. If they are out there, vmware has done a great job hiding them... ;-). Or I am blindsighted.

Any hint greatly appreciated!

Cheers,

hunchi.

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john_willis
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Hello,

From the future.

I had the same problem on version 5.0.2

But the error message is the same or similar.

Perhaps this Fix would also work for your version:

http://communities.vmware.com/message/2233586

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