OK fumbling through this process, which is definitely not designed for casual-coming-from-Parallels folks:

Since setup.ps1 seems to be a powershell scrips I tried 'powershell .\setup.ps1' and it gave me some kind of error.

I got it to work by starting powershell as an administrator with this command:

powershell Start-Process powershell -Verb runAs

Then it sill wouldn't work, so I had to change the "execution policy" with this command:

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

THEN I was able to run ".\setup.ps1" and it appears to have worked.  

Or maybe not... I was unable to continue the instructions on page 39 step 5.  But I was unable to do that.  There was no dialog asking me if I wanted to make changes to the device. I couldn't figure out what else to do, so I just clicked on through the Windows setup screen asking me what language I wanted.

Have I screwed myself, not getting a successful run though those dialogs about installing the VMWare Tools? Now that I have gone ahead and windows appears to have installed, Under the Virtual Machine menu it says "Cancel VMWare Tools installation", greyed out...  I restarted the VM and it still has that greyed out.

Update:  I found this thread: https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Fusion-2023-Tech-Preview/option-to-install-VMWare-tools-is-unavail...

In there it says to open up an Explorer window and right-click the setup file and Run as Administrator. I did that and saw the dialog about making changes to the device.  It did not show me the dialog shown on page 18 with the choices "Typical", "Complete" and "Custom".  Instead it threw up some windows that indicated the drivers were up to date.  So maybe my tools are installed ok?  

There are two unofficial guides, one for the officially released Fusion 13 and one for the public beta 2023 Tech Preview. Both guides are up to date, but you have to choose the guide that matches the Fusion bersion you are using.

You appear to be trying to use the document for the 2023 Tech Preview on Fusion 13. That won’t work because the process to install the tools is not the same for the 2 versions.

If coming from Parallels, I strongly recommend that you use the 2932 Tech Preview. Not only will the documentation match, but the Tech Preview has tools that support copy/paste/drag//drop, better screen resizing capabilities, 3d acceleration l, and soft power operations (including suspend). The tools that ship with Fusion 13 only have a basic 2d virtual graphics adapter and a network driver but none of those other features. 

I am using the Fusion 2023 Tech Preview Companion v2.pdf and the Fusion-TP-2023-Testing-Guide.pdf, are those not the correct documents?  Sounds like not. If not, can you read my update in the post above and tell me if I still need to do anything, or are the tools installed correctly now?

Or did I install the wrong thing? I don't want version 13, I wanted the Tech Preview.  I sure thought I was installing the public beta tech preview.  But if I go to About VMWare Fusion in the menu bar, it says "Player Version 13.0.2 (21581413). Have I got to uninstall everything and start over to get the tech preview?

It sounds like what I did was install 13 when I was unable to get past the license key dialog with the preview (see my "basic installation trouble" post). I thought that the wrong file was listed on the Tech Preview page, but I guess it wasn't.  So how do I get a license for the Tech Preview, if I re-do this whole process?

Since you confirmed that you have Fusion 13 installed, that’s your problem. You installed the wrong software and the documentation you were referencing doesn’t match  

But all is not lost. This is fairly easily fixed. Shut down your VMs and exit Fusion. Then delete your installed VMware Fusion by dragging it from the Applications folder to the trash. 
This will not impact the VM that you’ve created.

Then download the Tech Preview from the download  link found on the Tech Preview page  https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Fusion-2023-Tech-Preview/ct-p/fusion2023

Open the DMG file and run the installer. Your existing VM should still be visible in the Virtual Machine Library once you open VMware Fusion Tech Preview.

Before proceeding, make a copy of your existing VM to another disk using the Finder. And then configure Time Machine to ignore the virtual machine for backup should you be using Time Machine.

When opening the VM you may be prompted to upgrade both encryption and the virtual machine hardware  Accept both  Now use the procedures in the documentation you have downloaded to install or upgrade VMware Tools  

Yes - what happened was I somehow followed a link to an older version of the Tech Preview.  That set in motion a chain of events leading to a 90-minute rabbit hole and 3 posts to this forum, sorry.

I just completely uninstalled everything including the VM and am trying again with the right version of the Tech Preview.  Thanks for the help!

BTW- even after uninstalling everything, following the instructions to completely remove VMWare, I now have a sort of glitched-out login screen on my Mac, where the background only appears on part of the screen.  Have you seen this before?  

Boy it makes a big difference when you start with the right file, lol.  It was smooth sailing and the setup guides worked perfectly, thanks!I would delete those forums posts I made about my issues with the v13 - but doesn't seem like the forum allows posts to be deleted.

Haven't seen that one before.

Try rebooting your Mac and then see if this recurs.

Rebooting didn't fix it, but changing the wallpaper to another image and then changing it back did.

Morning,

I am seeing a similar issue. 

vmware fusion tech preview version 2048664
following instructions from Fusion.2023.Tech.Preview.Companion.v3.pdf
on page 40, on step 4
.\setup.exe is not found and does not run (screen snap below)

 Have used your previous guides without any issues and have found them very informative. Your contributions to the community are very much appreciated.

Please let me know if I can provide further information.

Thanks

Joe

Joe,

You are not running the 2023 Tech Preview. You have downloaded and installed last year's obsolete 22H2 Tech Preview.

Just FYI - The July 2023 version of the 2023 Tech Preview Testing Guide provided by VMware contains an incorrect link for the download of the Tech Preview’s installer. Using the link in that document will direct you to the 2H22 Tech Preview download which should no longer be used..

The correct download link for the Tech Preview is https://customerconnect.vmware.com/downloads/get-download?downloadGroup=FUS-TP2023 .

The download link that is found on the Fusion 2023 Tech Preview page in the VMware Communities https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Fusion-2023-Tech-Preview/ct-p/fusion2023 is correct.

You can fix this by shutting down Fusion, dragging the VMware Fusion Tech Preview.app found in /Applications to the Trash, then downloading  and installing the 2023 Tech Preview from the links above.

"vmware fusion tech preview version 2048664"

That's last year's (2022) Tech Preview version, which has expired.  You need the 2023 Tech Preview version, build 22068932

SHEESH! How did I get to the wrong link? Thanks

Moving forward.

It may not be your fault. You may have gotten the wrong software if you started out with the Tech Preview Testing Guide. The download link in that document is not correct. It leads to a web page that while it claims to be for the 2023 Tech Preview, is actually displaying content (including download links) for the old obsolete TP.

The links I posted in my prior reply (and contained in v3 of the Unofficial 2023 Tech Preview Companion Guide) will get you the right software.