VMWare Workstation Pro Copy paste is not working from Host to guest

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Vishnuvardhan Ch picture Vishnuvardhan Ch · Jun 1, 2018 · Viewed 7.2k times · Source

I am using VMware® Workstation 12 Pro. When i try to copy and paste from Host to Guest, the function is not working.

Host OS : Windows 10 Enterprise. Guest OS : Windows 7 Ultimate. Network : Bridged (Directly Connect to Physical Network)

But, reverse is working, it means if copy and paste some thing from Guest to Host is working.

I have removed and re-installed the VMWare Tools, which suggested on some of the forums, but it didn't help.

Please help me to fix this issue.

Answer

Robertcode picture Robertcode · Jun 23, 2018

The following solution works for me under Windows 10 so I hope it works for you as well under Windows 7. Follow the below steps to copy and paste your source code from a programming editor like Visual Studio from one VMWare Workstation to another every time. This process also allows me to copy from my host PC of Windows 10 to a VMWare Workstation running Windows 10 as well.

Prior to this copy and paste would not work without manual administrator setup every time I needed to launch VMWare Workstation for Windows 10. Note: after completing the steps if the VMWare Workstation application is running you will need to shut it down (not just the virtual machine) then re-open the application followed by re-opening your virtual machine(s) for the settings to take effect:

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