I think vmware should fix this, Temp folder is called Temp for a very good reason! Not to mention the extra disk activity copying the file instead of moving the file, it was very poorly programmed feature.

Not sure if it will be changed anytime soon, I was expecting fixing this https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/BUG-4GB-Graphic-memory-will-be-reserved-... in the 16.1.1 as it a very important issue but it was not