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If all the application in you Windows VM have the small font problem, could you try the follow steps? Open Settings -> Display, make sure both the "Use full resolution for Retina display" and "Automatically adjust user interfaces size in the virtual machine" check boxes are checked. If not, check them, then restart the VM. If they are all set up, try to uninstall the VMtools then reinstall it. If only the specific 3rd-party applications have this problem, and others work well, probably because these apps use customized controls. You can try to uncheck the "Use full resolution for Retina display" checkbox. VM will lost some clarity, but the small font could be solved.

It is a known issue in Fusion 11.5... There is a workaround in the thread below Re: Fusion 11.5 vcenter remote control lost connection​ I'm not sure if it will work in your environment, but still worth a try.

In Activity Monitor, check the process "vmrest". Does the PID of this process keep changing? If so, open Preferences window in Fusion, select "Never" in the combobox under "Applications menu: Show in menu bar:". It will disable Applications Menu. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Was it helpful? Let us know by completing this short survey here.

Ah~ You have installed it successfully. I guess there is a VM name in you VMLibrary which has lost the link to a valid VM bundle. That is why the message pops up while launching fusion. If you see this message, just click the OK button to close it, and press Cmd+Shift+L, you can see the VMLibrary there. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Was it helpful? Let us know by completing this short survey here.

Hi wtfmatt, Could you please try these steps: 1. Open System Preferences -> Security & Privacy. 2. Select Screen Recording in the list. 3. Click the lock and input password to make change. 4. Make sure the checkbox for "VMware Fusion" item is checked. If not, check it. 5. Restart Fusion.

If the VM is encrypted, the status will be Unknown(Off) in Applications Menu even if it is powered on. If not, you can try to restart Applications Menu as below: Option A: Without relaunch Fusion   Step1: Select menu VMware Fusion -> Preferences...   Step2: Select "Never" for "Applications menu: Show in menu bar:" to quit Applications Menu   Step3: Select "Only when Fusion is running" to relaunch it again. Option B:   Make sure "Only when Fusion is running" selected, quit Fusion then relaunch it.

In Fusion 10.x, it supports HiDPI in macOS guest. After VMtools installed, the "Use Full resolution for Retina display" will be enabled in Settings -> Display. It makes the UI in the macOS guest  as clear as that in the host. When resizing window, it will change the resolution of the guest with full pixels first. That is why you see the smaller UI elements flash across. After that, it applies the HiDPI support in guest, the UI goes to the normal size. You can uncheck the "Use full resolution for Retina display" to confirm it.

You can try to enable the full resolution support, and set the text size in Win 7 VM yourself. The following settings for your reference. 1. Enable "Use full resolution for Retina display", but disable "Automatically adjust user interface size in the virtual machine". 2. Open Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display in Win 7 VM. Click "Set custom text size(DPI)" item. Change the Scale value to 200%. Click OK button. Then click "Apply" button. 3. Log off then sign in again.

Um... As I know, there are 2 ways, but I'm afraid that any of them will bring a little bit side effect. FYI. Option 1: Open Settings window of the VM(Cmd+E) ->  select "Display" -> Select "Unity Only" in the drop down list of "Scaled high resolution". Side effect: you will get the resolution you want, but the UI elements will become big (200%) on the external display. If you want to have a 100% scale on the external display, the "Automatically adjust the user interface size in the virtual machine" checkbox should be unchecked, it will requests a re-login. After that, it works on the external display but shows a 1/4 UI element size on the Retina display. Option 2: Open Settings window of the VM(Cmd+E) ->  select "Display" -> Uncheck "Use full resolution for Retina display". A re-login is required. Side effect: you will get the right resolution on both Retina display and external display, but the UI elements on Retina display won't be sharp. If you usually use the VM on the external display, I think it would be better for you.

After entering Unity mode, the guest applications will be regarded as individual applications. There is not a way to enable Function keys for all guest applications at one time. But if you just want to show Functions keys for specific guest applications, it is feasible. Just add them to the Function keys list as well. Steps: 1. Right click VM bundle(the .vmwarevm file), select "Show Package Contents", open Applications folder there, guest applications will be listed here. 2. In System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Function Keys, click "+" button, drag the guest application from Applications folder to the Open panel. Then click "Add" button.

Um...The current Fusion does not provide a customized Touch Bar. I think we could consider it as a feature request. If your purpose is disabling Touch Bar support in Fusion only, there is a workaround: 1. Open System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts on your host macOS. 2. In the left sidebar, select "Function Keys" option on the list. 3. Click "+", go to /Applications directory, select VMware Fusion.app, click "Add" button. After that, while you focus on Fusion UI, the Touch Bar will show F1-F12 instead of the App Region and Control Strip. It won't affect other applications.

Um... It uses the same window style as Safari, so on macOS 10.12+ there is no title bar now... You could try any option below as workaround. Option 1: Right click the toolbar -> Customize Toolbar..., drag&drop the "VM name" to your toolbar, if it is not on toolbar as default. Option 2: Select View -> Show Tab Bar.

Hi GFDanubeRS, Thanks a lot for your reporting. Seems there isn't such a configuration to disable this behavior. VM in Full Screen mode uses either one display or all displays to show guest UI. While grab mouse focus into VM in one display, the others will be switched to guest UI as well. I've raised a feature request for your requirement. Regards, Shan

Hi NimishDesai, Is it always reproducible on your Mac? Is there any key condition to reproduce it? If convenient, could you attach the support info, which can be collected via Help -> Collect Support Information? Thanks.

VMware Fusion Help > Understanding VMware Fusion > Navigating and Taking Action Using the VMware Fusion Interface > Using Multiple Displays -> Use All Displays in Full Screen View: "Use All Displays in Full Screen is not supported for Mac OS X guests."

Hi richerlariviere, Does it occur in Full Screen mode? You can try the workaround below. Press Cmd_Shift_F to switch view mode into Single Window, then Cmd_Shift_F to go back to Full Screen again. Regards, Shan

Hi ltzi1, Does it exist when you select "Unity Only" for "Scaled high resolution" in Display settings? Would you please provide the resolution setting of the external monitor and attache support bundle (it can be collected by "Help -> Collect support information") which could help to figure out the problem? Or a screen recording would be helpful. : D Thank you. - Shan