Background

To do some work on a VM Guest computer, we will need to install VMWare Tools.

 

Lineage

1. VMWare – WorkStation Pro – v17 – Installation ( MS Windows )
   Date Published:- 2024-May-18th
   Link

 

Installation

Outline

Here are the steps that we will take to install VMWare Tools on our guest’s system.

1. Artifact
   • Identify Artifact
   • Download Artifact
2. Install
   • Install Artifact
3. Restart Computer
4. Review Installation

 

Artifact

Identify Artifact

VMWare Tools Installation artifacts are available at https://packages.vmware.com/tools/releases ( Link ).

1. Releases
   Link
2. Releases > Latest
   Link
3. Releases > Latest > Windows
   Link
4. Releases > Latest > Windows > x64
   Link

 

Images

Image – Tools > Releases

URL > https://packages.vmware.com/tools/releases/ ( Link )

 

 

Image – Tools > Releases / Latest

URL > https://packages.vmware.com/tools/releases/latest/ ( Link )

 

Image – Tools > Releases > Latest > Windows

URL > https://packages.vmware.com/tools/releases/latest/windows ( Link )

Image – Tools > Releases > Latest > Windows > x64

URL > https://packages.vmware.com/tools/releases/latest/windows/x64 ( Link )

 

 

Download Artifact

Once we identified our artifact, we downloaded it.

 

Install

Install Artifact

Outline

1. Initiate Installer
2. Follow GUI Steps
   • Welcome Screen
   • Setup Type
     • Pre
       • Setup Type:- Typical
     • Post
       • Setup Type:- Complete
   • Ready To Install VMWare Tools
   • Installing
3. Restart Computer

 

 

Images

Image – Welcome

Image – Setup Type

Image – Setup Type – Pre

Image – Setup Type – Post

Image – Ready To Install VMWare Tools

Image – Installing

Image – Installing – 01

 

Image – Completed

Image – Restart

 

Review

Review Installation

Once your computer is restarted, a new icon will be placed in the far right bottom corner of your screen.

It will read VM.

 

Please engage the VM icon and from the drop-down menu, please select the About option.

Here is what shows about once we engaged the About Icon:-