The feature has been removed (and has not worked correctly since 16.2.0).  And according to the product manager, is not coming back.  Showstopper for me with my work, so I have to stick with 16.1.2 as the latest version I can use.

Does anyone know a valid reason for removing this feature?  I would like to stay up to date using the latest version but this feature is important to me.

VMware Workstation used to be a great product but it doesn't seem to have been getting much internal support in more recent years -  features are dropped with no mention of any reason, compatibility issues are more frequent...the company seems to have turned it's back on the home and small business user and solely focusing on corporate enterprise now, it's time for me to look for another product.

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@Callandor wrote:

Does anyone know a valid reason for removing this feature?  I would like to stay up to date using the latest version but this feature is important to me.

VMware Workstation used to be a great product but it doesn't seem to have been getting much internal support in more recent years -  features are dropped with no mention of any reason, compatibility issues are more frequent...the company seems to have turned it's back on the home and small business user and solely focusing on corporate enterprise now, it's time for me to look for another product.

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