If you have problems with enhanced graphics display or mouse actions or with features that depend on VMware Tools, you might need to repair or modify installed modules.

Occasionally, some new modules are not installed during a VMware Tools upgrade. You can manually install new modules by modifying installed modules.

Important:

Do not use the guest operating system’s Add/Remove Programs item in the Windows Control Panel to repair or modify VMware Tools.

Prerequisites

  • Power on the virtual machine.

  • Log in to the guest operating system.

Procedure

  1. On the host, from the Workstation menu bar, select VM > Install VMware Tools.

    If an earlier version of VMware Tools is installed, the menu item is Update VMware Tools.

  2. On the host, from the VMware Fusion menu bar, select Virtual Machine > Install VMware Tools.

    If an earlier version of VMware Tools is installed, the menu item is Update VMware Tools.

  3. If autorun is not enabled for the CD-ROM drive, to manually launch the VMware Tools installation wizard, click Start > Run and enter D:\setup.exe, where D: is your first virtual CD-ROM drive.
  4. On the Welcome page of the wizard, click Next.
  5. Specify whether to repair or modify the modules.

    • Click Repair to repair the files, registry settings, and so on of components that are already installed.

    • Click Modify to select which modules are installed.

  6. Follow the on-screen prompts.

What to do next

If features still do not work, uninstall and reinstall VMware Tools.