In Vmware, if you find the “VM > Install Vmware Tools … ” menu disabled, you can easily enabled it by:
- Right click a VM, and click Settings
- Selecting Floppy in the left column
- In the right column, Select Use physical drive option
- Select Auto detect option
- Restart. That is it!
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thanks its help me out
Excelente, me sacó de un apuro, gracias.
Simple, effective solution. Thanks
gracias, aunque rara la solución
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But it looks like this works if you download the iso manually (after going through VMWare’s annoying webiste registration) and mounting it as an ISO.