How to enable copy paste from between host machine and virtual machine in vmware, virtual machine is ubuntu

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Christos Michael picture Christos Michael · Apr 15, 2015 · Viewed 203.3k times · Source

I am trying to copy and paste from my pc to the vm but i cant.

I also enable copy and paste but i still can't copy and paste from my pc to the vm. My pc runs windows 8.1 my vm has fedora.

Answer

KM11 picture KM11 · Apr 22, 2015

You need to install VMware Tools on your vm:

To install VMware Tools in most VMware products:

Power on the virtual machine.

Log in to the virtual machine using an account with Administrator or root privileges.

Wait for the desktop to load and be ready.

Click Install/Upgrade VMware Tools. There are two places to find this option:

  • Right-click on the running virtual machine object and choose Install/Upgrade VMware Tools.

  • Right-click on the running virtual machine object and click Open Console. In the Console menu click VM and click Install/Upgrade VMware Tools.

    Note: In ESX/ESXi 4.x, navigate to VM > Guest > Install/Upgrade VMware Tools. In Workstation, navigate to VM > Install/Upgrade VMware Tools.

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Source: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1014294

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