Access Protection has to be disabled in the McAfee Antivirus Scan Console before installing VMware Tools in a Windows guest operating system. For more information, see the VMware Knowledge Base article https://kb.vmware.com/kb/1009965
Prerequisites
- Power on the virtual machine
- Use McAfee Antivirus in Standard Mode
Procedure
What to do next
- Install VMware Tools.
- Re-activate Access Protection when your VMware Tools upgrade or installation is complete.