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wilmayo
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Windows 7 OpenGL

I am using a Lenovo Thinkpad with i5 processor and 8gb of ram. It dual boots Windows 10 and a version of Linux. I use Linux 99%. Within Linux, I run VMWare with a Windows 7 guest. I am trying to run a program in Win 7 called Sketchup ver. 18 and it requires OpenGL 3.0 or greater. It won't run saying the OpenGL is not a high enough version. If I boot Windows 10 on the same Thinkpad (not within VMWare), Sketchup ver. 18 runs just fine. I am trying to determine if the OpenGL limitations are a function of VMWare or Windows 7 and how to fix it if possible. The Win 7 guest does have VMWare Tools installed. Thanks.

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wilmayo
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I answered my own question. Embarrassingly, I found that I did not have tools properly installed as I thought I did. Once installed, everything works fine including the application that was complaining about not having a high enough version of OpenGL.

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