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This article summarizes the problems and solutions related to VMWare in the process of using virtual machines
1 The Install VM-Tools button is greyed out?
VM-Tools is the link between the virtual machine and the physical machine, which can realize copy and paste and file transfer, but sometimes this function may fail, but the button to install VM-Tools is gray, as shown in the figure below
Solution :
First of all, check whether the function is normal, if it is normal, don't bother. The reason for this problem is that there is no problem with copying and pasting text between the virtual machine and the physical machine before, but there is a problem with the file transfer, which shows that dragging the file from the physical machine to the desktop of the virtual machine cannot succeed . But later found out that you can actually drag the file to the desktop folder in the file manager,,,, hh, the curve saves the country is yes, but in short, you need to pay attention to this.
If this problem is ruled out, check the cd mount problem again. Shut down the virtual machine, then change the virtual machine settings, add a cd mount disk, then restart the virtual machine, try to install vm-tools again.
This is a bit strange, just remount the cd and it will work. Then cd chooses to automatically detect or find the image file before the system is installed, it is all possible and does not affect it.
If the above method still does not work, you can reinstall vm-tools:
sudo apt-get autoremove open-vm-tools
sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop open-vm-tools
2 Open the virtual machine and display "failed to initialize mouse-keyboard-screen control"
Solution
It's very simple, open the virtual machine settings, enter the options, change the enhanced keyboard to use when available
3 Uninstalling and installing VMWare prompts "The installer does not support downgrade"
This kind of problem may be due to the installation of a higher version of the software before, but some residues have not been cleaned up, so go to the Internet to download a cleaning tool and clean it up. The download link is attached: