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Delay opening host (Windows 11) drives from Windows 7 guest

by Contributor in VMware Workstation Pro Discussions
‎05-08-2023 02:47 PM
‎05-08-2023 02:47 PM
I have a Windows 7 Pro (64 bit) VM running on a Windows 11 Pro laptop. I set up the host's drives C and D as Shared Folders (mapped to drive Z) on the VM. When I access either drive from Windows 7 Fi... See more...
I have a Windows 7 Pro (64 bit) VM running on a Windows 11 Pro laptop. I set up the host's drives C and D as Shared Folders (mapped to drive Z) on the VM. When I access either drive from Windows 7 File Explorer, there is a couple second delay before the folder opens, noticeably slower than opening a folder on the virtual drive C. Is there a setting I can change to speed up this access? Additional info: I set up a single folder from the host as shared, and the lag is still there. Thanks! Mike B.
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Re: VMWare Tools fails to install (Windows 7)

by Contributor in VMware Fusion Discussions
‎04-16-2023 08:08 AM
‎04-16-2023 08:08 AM
Thank you, @hkang and @wtstephens. After much stumbling on my own and using suggestions from other threads, your info, along with another post pointing me to the VMware Tools ISO, allowed me to get W... See more...
Thank you, @hkang and @wtstephens. After much stumbling on my own and using suggestions from other threads, your info, along with another post pointing me to the VMware Tools ISO, allowed me to get Windows 7 Pro installed on Workstation Pro 17. After performing the suggested steps, I had about 5 seconds of panic, when the VMware Tools ISO didn't seem to be recognized. Then, happily, the run dialog popped up. It merely took it a few seconds to automatically start.

Re: Failed to connect pipe to virtual machine: The system cannot find the file specified

by Contributor in VMware Workstation Player Discussions
‎04-14-2023 05:30 PM
‎04-14-2023 05:30 PM
This worked for me, too. Thank you! For the sake of others evaluating this ... I have a new Dell XPS laptop with Windows 11 Pro. I had just powered it up for the first time, and Workstation Pro 17.0... See more...
This worked for me, too. Thank you! For the sake of others evaluating this ... I have a new Dell XPS laptop with Windows 11 Pro. I had just powered it up for the first time, and Workstation Pro 17.0 was the first app I installed. Initially, I got the error "Compatible Setup – Installer detected the host has Hyper-V or Device/Credential Guard enabled." I played with Windows Features settings to no avail, so I went back and enabled the checkbox to install WHP on the host. I then added a VM for Windows 7 Pro. It did not automatically launch the VM, and when I clicked on the Run button, I got the "... failed to connect pipe to virtual machine." Repairing the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x86) 14.32.313267 did the trick!