How to Install VMWare Tools in Windows on VMWare Fusion for Mac

VMWare Tools is an non-compulsory toolkit to put in right into a Windows digital machine in VMWare that lets you have simpler sharing of recordsdata between the host Mac working system and the Windows digital machine, in addition to another helpful options like time syncing between host and consumer, with the ability to move information backwards and forwards between the host and consumer, further customization choices, and more.

VMWare Tools isn’t crucial to easily run a VM, and it’s not wanted for everybody, however superior customers, or those that need to have simple choices to share recordsdata between a Windows VM and the host MacOS would possibly notably admire these options, and need them put in in VMWare Fusion on their VM.

We’ll present you two methods to put in VMWare Tools right into a Windows VM in VMWare; using the simple installer, and by putting in it manually by ISO file.

How to Install VMWare Tools in Windows on VMWare Fusion for Mac

This tutorial goes to imagine that you’ve got already put in Windows 11 into VMWare Fusion in your Mac, and that now you need to set up VMWare Tools into that Windows VM.

1. Open VMWare Fusion you probably have not finished so already
2. Start your Windows Virtual Machine as traditional
3. After Windows has booted within the VM and also you’re logged in, go to the “Virtual Machine” menu and choose “Install VMWare Tools”



4. Select “Install” when requested



5. Choose to run setup.exe from the VMWare Tools disk image that has been mounted in Windows



6. Allow VMWare Tools to put in by choosing “Yes” when requested if it could actually modify your system



7. Go by way of the usual Windows software set up course of, configuring as crucial on your VM



8. Let VMWare Tools set up



9. When completed putting in VMWare Tools, the digital machine with Windows might want to restart to finish set up and be usable within the VM

After the VM restarts, you should have full entry to the VMWare Tools function set, together with simple folder sharing capabilities.

How to Manually Install VMWare Tools by ISO

The easiest option to set up VMWare Tools into Windows on VMWare Fusion on a Mac is through the use of the above menu technique, however you too can set up it manually through the use of an ISO file if the straightforward approach doesn’t work for some purpose or one other.

1. From the Finder in MacOS, hit Command+Shift+G and enter the next path:

/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/isoimages/

2. Select the structure kind your Mac is using (arm64 is Apple Silicon and what we’re using right here, x86 is Intel)
3. Copy the “windows.iso” file right here to the Desktop on the Mac (this isn’t a Windows 11 ISO, it’s the VMWare Tools ISO, should you do want a Windows 11 ISO for some purpose you may get one right here)
4. Go to VMWare Fusion and entry the Settings on your Windows VM, and select CD/DVD Settings
5. Make positive that “Enable CD/DVD Drive” is turned on, then choose “Choose a disc or disc image” from the dropdown menu
6. Navigate to the Mac desktop to pick out the ‘windows.iso’ VMWare Tools ISO file you copied there a second in the past
7. Run the installer in Windows as traditional

It doesn’t matter should you set up VMWare Tools by way of the automated installer through the Virtual Machine window, or manually by the ISO, the result’s that VMWare Tools can be put in within the Windows VM, and also you’ll have the extra options and sharing capabilities that it presents.