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henrydenhengst
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‎01-24-2008 05:43 AM
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Installing VMtools fails

Installing the VMtools fails, just nothing happens. Any suggestions on how to force this, so VMtools will get installed?

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Rob_Bohmann1
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‎01-24-2008 07:14 AM
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If this is a Windows box, it is fairly common that autorun is not set. Go through explorer and see if you see a setup.exe on the CD ROM and launch that.

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AWo
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‎01-24-2008 06:33 AM
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What is the guest operating system you try to install the tools to?

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Rob_Bohmann1
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‎01-24-2008 07:14 AM
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If this is a Windows box, it is fairly common that autorun is not set. Go through explorer and see if you see a setup.exe on the CD ROM and launch that.

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AWo
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‎01-24-2008 07:25 AM
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And if it is Linux, the menu option "Install VMware tools..." only attaches the vmware tools iso image to your virtual CD-ROM. You have to mount it manually and install them via rpm or .tar file.

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