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1.

Open the Terminal app.

2.

Change the working directory to the Desktop

cd ~/Desktop

3.

Mount the ISO file containing the VMware Tools for Windows 11 ARM

hdiutil attach "/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/isoimages/arm64/windows.iso"

The ISO will appear on the Desktop as “VMware Tools” and will be found at /Volumes/VMware Tools.

4.

Download the ESD from Microsoft for the desired edition and language:

/Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmw_esd2iso getesd --edition "edition" --lang "tag"

where

edition is “Professional” for an ISO containing Home and Professional editions, or “Enterprise” for an ISO containing Professional and Enterprise editions.

tag is one of the Windows 11 ARM language tags used to select the desired language of the Windows installer:

Language Tag   Language Description
bg-bg          Bulgarian (Bulgaria)          
cs-cz          Czech (Czechia)               
da-dk          Danish (Denmark)              
de-de          German (Germany)              
el-gr          Greek (Greece)                
en-gb          English (United Kingdom)      
en-us          English (United States)       
es-es          Spanish (Spain, International Sort)
es-mx          Spanish (Mexico)              
et-ee          Estonian (Estonia)            
fi-fi          Finnish (Finland)             
fr-ca          French (Canada)               
fr-fr          French (France)               
he-il          Hebrew (Israel)               
hr-hr          Croatian (Croatia)            
hu-hu          Hungarian (Hungary)           
it-it          Italian (Italy)               
ja-jp          Japanese (Japan)              
ko-kr          Korean (Korea)                
lt-lt          Lithuanian (Lithuania)        
lv-lv          Latvian (Latvia)              
nb-no          Norwegian Bokmål (Norway)    
nl-nl          Dutch (Netherlands)           
pl-pl          Polish (Poland)               
pt-br          Portuguese (Brazil)           
pt-pt          Portuguese (Portugal)         
ro-ro          Romanian (Romania)            
ru-ru          Russian (Russia)              
sk-sk          Slovak (Slovakia)             
sl-si          Slovenian (Slovenia)          
sr-latn-rs     Serbian (Latin, Serbia)       
sv-se          Swedish (Sweden)              
th-th          Thai (Thailand)               
tr-tr          Turkish (Turkey)              
uk-ua          Ukrainian (Ukraine)           
zh-cn          Chinese (Simplified, China)   
zh-tw          Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)

The ESD will be downloaded to the Desktop folder. Make note of the file name, you will need it for the next step.

5.

Create the ISO file from the ESD and include VMware video and network drivers (the drivers will be installed by Windows setup so you don’t have to do it later).

/Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmw_esd2iso generateiso --esd "esd-file" --drivers "/Volumes/VMware Tools/svga,/Volumes/VMware Tools/vmxnet3"

where

esd-file is the name of the ESD file downloaded in the prior steps. Enclose the file name in double quotes if the name contains spaces.

The ISO file will be generated in the Desktop folder.

6.

Clean up.

Unmount the VMware Tools ISO with the following command:

hdiutil detach "/Volumes/VMware Tools"

Use the Finder to delete the downloaded ESD file from the Desktop folder (don’t forget to empty the Trash!). The ESD file is no longer needed. .