Hi everybody,

I've a big problem with my virtual machine.

This is created to test hard disks with a bootable media.

It's needed because when I test them with my host system it hangs constantly.

The problem I have is the error message when there is a sector with errors found.

There comes the message "Operation on file '\\.\PhysicalDrive1' failed" where I always press continue.

The message appears 30 times before the sector is marked.

How can I disable this message so that all errors are automatically forwarded to the guest OS?

As per title, when I go to make a new virtual machine, Apple Max OS X is not available anymore. This has only started happening since I updated VMWare Workstation Player 12, but I reverted to an older version and the problem is still there. What is going on? All help would be greatly appreciated!

After the last VMWare Player update, I noticed a change in the icon that is displayed on a shortcut as well as the executable file.  Instead of the four-point yellow star, I now see a generic sheet of paper.

BUT, if I go to the properties page for the shortcut, the proper icon is displayed, and a portion of it is shown on the folder where I have placed the shortcut. The proper icon is also shown on the properties page for the executable.

To further add to the confusion, I tried logging on to a full administrator account, and the proper icon was displayed in all locations.

Very strange............

For Workstation 12, Windows 10 host, Ubuntu 14.04 guest:  I have a Kingston HyperX Cloud II USB headset/mic combo that I like to use for voice communications via google hangouts.  If I attach the device to a linux guest (tried both ubuntu and centOS), set the headphones to the output device AND the headset mic as the input device, I receive audio stuttering in the VM.  Now the interesting thing is that if I disable the headset mic as the input device the audio stuttering goes away and all is well (except that I can't use the mic of course).

When using the headset in the Windows 10 host OS, I have no such problems and the headset works fine with the mic enabled.

Has anyone else run across this issue, or perhaps had any success with USB headsets in a Linux guest?  Any thoughts on what to try that might resolve the issue?

Thanks in advance!

Dave

HI ALL

I'm running four virtual machines in vmware esxi

the problem is the virtual machines gets hanged frequently

dont know what the problem

can someone please find the error in the below error log:

2014-09-11T20:53:25.973Z| vcpu-0| I120: serial1: Overrun

2014-09-11T20:53:25.973Z| vcpu-0| I120: serial1: Overrun

2014-09-11T20:53:25.973Z| vcpu-0| I120: serial1: Overrun

2014-09-11T20:53:25.973Z| vcpu-0| I120: serial1: Overrun

2014-09-11T20:53:26.855Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:26.856Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:26.861Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:26.861Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:27.692Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS INSTALL entering BEGINNING state.

2014-09-11T20:53:27.948Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS INSTALL Scanning device ide1:0 (/usr/lib/vmware/isoimages/linux.iso).

2014-09-11T20:53:27.948Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS INSTALL Attempting image mount.

2014-09-11T20:53:27.948Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS INSTALL using device 'ide1:0'.

2014-09-11T20:53:28.024Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS INSTALL entering INSERTED state.

2014-09-11T20:53:28.024Z| vmx| I120: CDROM: Connecting ide1:0 to '/usr/lib/vmware/isoimages/linux.iso'. type=2 remote=0

2014-09-11T20:53:28.305Z| vmx| I120: DMG_Open: Not an unencrypted .dmg file (footer signature 0x00000000).

2014-09-11T20:53:28.305Z| vmx| I120: DMG_Close: max cached entries 8

2014-09-11T20:53:28.305Z| vmx| I120: CDROM: Checking initial physical media state...

2014-09-11T20:53:28.305Z| vmx| I120: CDROM:  initial physical CDROM state is 1 (sense)

2014-09-11T20:53:29.025Z| vcpu-0| I120: HBACommon: First write on scsi0:0.fileName='/vmfs/volumes/53fbf615-6baebcc3-3faa-10c37b948f80/EBSDBTEST/EBSDBTEST.vmdk'

2014-09-11T20:53:29.025Z| vcpu-0| I120: DDB: "longContentID" = "b54a2a2ef5bebb2ab5dc4f299330b679" (was "30bff37b9b5dd1f1b65974626021fb13")

2014-09-11T20:53:29.152Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-CHAIN : DiskChainUpdateContentID: old=0x6021fb13, new=0x9330b679 (b54a2a2ef5bebb2ab5dc4f299330b679)

2014-09-11T20:53:32.211Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: switching CDROM state from 4 to 5 using GetEventNotification.

2014-09-11T20:53:32.211Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: switching CDROM state from 5 to 1 using error sense key.

2014-09-11T20:53:32.220Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM ide1:0: CMD 0x52 (*UNKNOWN (0x52)*) FAILED (key 0x5 asc 0x20 ascq 0)

2014-09-11T20:53:32.221Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:32.221Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:32.248Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM ide1:0: CMD 0x52 (*UNKNOWN (0x52)*) FAILED (key 0x5 asc 0x20 ascq 0)

2014-09-11T20:53:32.273Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:32.963Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:33.128Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:33.128Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:33.132Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:33.142Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:33.145Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:33.145Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:33.151Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:33.162Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:38.513Z| vcpu-0| I120: Guest: toolbox: Version: build-1280544

2014-09-11T20:53:38.514Z| vcpu-0| I120: GuestRpc: Channel 0, guest application toolbox.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.546Z| vcpu-0| I120: TOOLS autoupgrade protocol version 2

2014-09-11T20:53:38.547Z| vcpu-0| I120: TOOLS Received tools.set.version rpc call, version = 9344.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.547Z| vcpu-0| I120: ToolsSetVersionWork did nothing; new tools version (9344) matches old Tools version

2014-09-11T20:53:38.561Z| vcpu-0| I120: Starting copy guest manifest.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.562Z| vcpu-0| I120: Received IOPL_ELEVATION capability request

2014-09-11T20:53:38.575Z| vcpu-0| I120: HGFileCopyCreateSessionCB: Successfully created the session.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.623Z| vcpu-0| I120: ToolsLoadManifestFileCB: Queuing a request to update the manifest information.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.711Z| vcpu-0| I120: TOOLS state change 3 returned status 1

2014-09-11T20:53:38.711Z| vcpu-0| I120: Vix: [36221 mainDispatch.c:3884]: VMAutomationReportPowerStateChange: Reporting power state change (opcode=2, err=0).

2014-09-11T20:53:38.748Z| Worker#0| I120: GetHostManifests: Extracting the manifest file.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.759Z| Worker#0| I120: GetHostManifests: Done extracting the manifest file.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.763Z| Worker#0| I120: ToolsVersionGetStatus:

2014-09-11T20:53:38.771Z| Worker#0| I120: ToolsVersionGetStatusWorkerThread: Tools status 3 derived from environment

2014-09-11T20:53:38.771Z| vmx| I120: ToolsUpdateManifestInfoWorkerThreadDone: Compared tools manifest from host and from the guest. Status = 3.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.771Z| vmx| I120: ToolsUpdateManifestInfoWorkerThreadDone: Updating the manifest info.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.771Z| vmx| I120: VMXVmdb_SetToolsVersionStatus: status value set to 'ok', 'current', install possible

2014-09-11T20:53:38.772Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS installed legacy version 9344, available legacy version 9344

2014-09-11T20:53:38.772Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS manifest update status is 3

2014-09-11T20:53:38.772Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS can be autoupgraded.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.772Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS Setting autoupgrade-checked TRUE.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.772Z| vmx| I120: RPT: Disabled. Skipped.

2014-09-11T20:53:43.287Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 2 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:43.287Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 2 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:43.338Z| vcpu-0| I120: VMMouse: CMD Read ID

2014-09-11T20:53:43.338Z| vcpu-0| I120: VMMouse: CMD Disable

2014-09-11T20:53:43.338Z| vcpu-0| I120: VMMouse: Disabling VMMouse mode

2014-09-11T20:53:43.377Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:43.379Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 1 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:46.922Z| vcpu-0| I120: SVGA: Sync FIFO with SVGA disabled

2014-09-11T20:53:47.047Z| vcpu-0| I120: SVGA enabling SVGA

2014-09-11T20:53:47.052Z| vcpu-0| I120: Guest OS = 0x5008

2014-09-11T20:53:47.053Z| vcpu-0| I120: Guest display topology changed: numDisplays 1

2014-09-11T20:53:47.615Z| vcpu-0| I120: VMMouse: CMD Read ID

2014-09-11T20:53:47.615Z| vcpu-0| I120: VMMouse: CMD Disable

2014-09-11T20:53:47.615Z| vcpu-0| I120: VMMouse: Disabling VMMouse mode

2014-09-11T20:53:47.615Z| vcpu-0| I120: VMMouse: CMD Read ID

2014-09-11T20:54:28.370Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox-dnd timed out.

2014-09-11T20:54:40.170Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 2 (118) Creating VNC remote connection.

2014-09-11T20:54:40.334Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 3 (119) Creating VNC remote connection.

2014-09-11T20:54:41.820Z| vcpu-0| W110: VMMouse: CMD Received 0x53424152 with 4 words of unread data!

2014-09-11T20:54:51.769Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 2 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:54:51.770Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 2 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:54:53.275Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 2 starting feature 1

2014-09-11T20:54:53.275Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 2 starting feature 33

2014-09-11T20:54:53.276Z| vcpu-0| W110: VIDE: Truncating 0x46 from 65530 bytes to 32768

2014-09-11T20:54:53.276Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 2 starting feature 33

2014-09-11T20:54:53.276Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM ide1:0: CMD 0xad (*UNKNOWN (0xad)*) FAILED (key 0x5 asc 0x24 ascq 0)

2014-09-11T20:54:53.280Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM ide1:0: CMD 0x52 (*UNKNOWN (0x52)*) FAILED (key 0x5 asc 0x20 ascq 0)

2014-09-11T20:54:53.280Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 2 starting feature 262

2014-09-11T20:54:53.280Z| vcpu-0| W110: VIDE: Truncating 0x46 from 65530 bytes to 32768

2014-09-11T20:54:53.280Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 2 starting feature 262

2014-09-11T20:54:53.793Z| vcpu-0| I120: Guest: toolbox-dnd: Version: build-1280544

2014-09-11T20:54:53.793Z| vcpu-0| I120: GuestRpc: Channel 2, guest application toolbox-dnd.

2014-09-11T20:54:54.139Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:54:54.140Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 40

2014-09-11T20:54:54.141Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 32

2014-09-11T20:54:54.153Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:54:54.173Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:58:08.491Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 4 (120) Creating VNC remote connection.

2014-09-11T20:59:08.199Z| mks| I120: SSL: syscall error 104: Connection reset by peer

2014-09-11T20:59:08.200Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 2 (118) recv error 104: Connection reset by peer

2014-09-11T20:59:08.200Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 2 (118) VNC Remote Disconnect.

2014-09-11T21:04:45.527Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 5 (118) Creating VNC remote connection.

2014-09-11T21:45:13.269Z| vmx| I120: SOCKET 1 (116) recv detected client closed connection

2014-09-11T21:45:13.269Z| vmx| I120: Vix: [36213 mainDispatch.c:2886]: VMAutomation: Connection Error (4) on connection 0.

2014-09-11T21:45:13.269Z| vmx| I120: VmdbPipeStreamsOvlError Couldn't read: OVL_STATUS_EOF, (11) Resource temporarily unavailable.

2014-09-11T21:45:13.270Z| vmx| I120: VmdbCnxDisconnect: Disconnect: closed pipe for pub cnx '/db/connection/#1/' (-32)

2014-09-11T21:45:13.270Z| vmx| I120: VmdbDbRemoveCnx: Removing Cnx from Db for '/db/connection/#1/'

2014-09-11T21:45:13.270Z| vmx| I120: Redirecting stdin/stdout/stderr to /dev/null.

2014-09-11T21:45:21.945Z| vmx| I120: VmdbAddConnection: cnxPath=/db/connection/#b/, cnxIx=2

2014-09-11T21:45:34.428Z| mks| I120: SSL: syscall error 104: Connection reset by peer

2014-09-11T21:45:34.428Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 4 (120) recv error 104: Connection reset by peer

2014-09-11T21:45:34.428Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 4 (120) VNC Remote Disconnect.

2014-09-11T21:47:28.836Z| mks| I120: SSL: syscall error 104: Connection reset by peer

2014-09-11T21:47:28.836Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 3 (119) recv error 104: Connection reset by peer

2014-09-11T21:47:28.837Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 3 (119) VNC Remote Disconnect.

2014-09-11T21:48:37.613Z| mks| I120: SSL: syscall error 104: Connection reset by peer

2014-09-11T21:48:37.613Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 5 (118) recv error 104: Connection reset by peer

2014-09-11T21:48:37.613Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 5 (118) VNC Remote Disconnect.

2014-09-11T22:13:44.574Z| vcpu-0| I120: APIC THERMLVT write: 0x10000

2014-09-11T22:13:53.966Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox timed out.

2014-09-11T22:13:53.967Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox-dnd timed out.

2014-09-11T22:14:06.992Z| vmx| I120: Tools: Tools heartbeat timeout.

2014-09-11T22:14:08.969Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox timed out.

2014-09-11T22:14:08.969Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpc: app toolbox's second ping timeout; assuming app is down

2014-09-11T22:14:08.973Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox-dnd timed out.

2014-09-11T22:14:08.973Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpc: app toolbox-dnd's second ping timeout; assuming app is down

2014-09-11T22:14:08.974Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpc: Reinitializing Channel 0(toolbox)

2014-09-11T22:14:08.974Z| vmx| I120: GuestMsg: Channel 0, Cannot unpost because the previous post is already completed

2014-09-11T22:14:08.977Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpc: Channel 0 reinitialized.

2014-09-11T22:14:08.977Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpc: Channel 0 reinitialized.

2014-09-11T22:14:08.977Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpc: Reinitializing Channel 2(toolbox-dnd)

2014-09-11T22:14:08.977Z| vmx| I120: GuestMsg: Channel 2, Cannot unpost because the previous post is already completed

2014-09-11T22:14:08.977Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpc: Channel 2 reinitialized.

2014-09-11T22:14:08.977Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpc: Channel 2 reinitialized.

2014-09-11T22:17:08.981Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox timed out.

2014-09-11T22:17:08.981Z| vmx| I120: Vix: [36213 guestCommands.c:1924]: Error VIX_E_TOOLS_NOT_RUNNING in VMAutomationTranslateGuestRpcError(): VMware Tools are not running in the guest

thanks

shabz

I can't find any help to clone a VM from VMWARE workstation 12 player. I have 3 VM and need to clone than all.

Thanks.

It really sucks - VMWare killed unity mode in Player 12. Had I known I would have stuck to Player 7 - it was working fine.

Anyone know if there's any way to get the installer for 7?

Thanks

A couple of years ago I asked this question already without satisfying solutions.

Maybe this function is included in the meantime,

So may I ask again:

After starting, work and exit of a VM (under Win 7 hostOS) I found lots of cache files in subfolder "caches".

Is there a way to tell VMware player to automatically cleanup them when exiting the VM (or Vmware player)?

Is there at least a way to move the cache folder to another directory (e.g. the win 7 system default temp directory C:\temp\)

I could imagine that a paramter is now included in *.vmx file for these purposes

Matt

I installed two Windows 10 Insider Builds 14959 (32 and 64 bit) with VMware Player 12. In both systems are under "Removable Devices" no USB devices displayed.There are only CD/DVD (SATA), Netword Adapter, Printer and Sound Card to find.

The USB-drivers are included in the settings, and in the vmx-files all relevant entries stand on "TRUE". The Player himself is installed under Windows 10 Pro 1607 (64 bit), and the VMwareTools are up to date. What can I do to integrate the USB devices?

Gerd

I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 with a Windows 7 guest OS. When I try to use Windows Update, it never works. The guest OS's internet connection works, just not Windows Update. I get the message "an error occurred while checking for new updates for your computer. Error(s) found: Code 80072f76 Windows encountered an unknown error."

Hi !

i am using Vmware from a long time without having any problems , but when i log to my Linux Virtual Machine i had a network problem

i 'm using bridge network like always , but now he is not working any more , and i don't  know what the problem is

i don t mess with the settings

Sorry for my bad english and thanks for help ..

I have been using VMware Player (free) since version 6 and frequently run two VMs concurrently with no problem.  In the comparison of Workstation Player and Workstation Pro on this page, it indicates that Workstation Player will NOT run multiple VMs at one time:

VMware Workstation for Windows: Multiple Operating Systems Linux, Windows 8 & More

I find that step backwards hard to believe.

I tried to import GNS3 VM file to VMware Player 12.5. I've got this error

Log is in the attachment.

Does anyone have solution for this?

I'm a Linux snob.  Recently my laptop died and I ended up with a new one that came with MS Windows 10.  I shrunk the C drive, 50-50 and installed Ubuntu and here we are.  I can shutdown, start, select door #1 or door #2.  What I'd like to do is run Linux and on the rare occasion run Vmplayer and bring up W10.

So the question is:  how do / can I create a new VM and use /dev/sda1 (w10)?

Thanks

/Hi, can anybody help me to solve this?

I have tried different versions, the errors are the same:

VMware Player unrecoverable error: (vcpu-0)  vcpu-0:VERIFY vmcore/vmm/main/cpuid.c:382 bugNr=1036521  A log file is available in "C:\Users\run20\Documents\Virtual Machines\Oracle11g\vmware.log". 

Assume I don't want to let VMware Workstation/Player do the job and install VmWare Tools but do it manually by myself.

So at first I need a download page where I can get ALWAYS the newest VMWare Tools ISO packages.

Again: I am NOT searching for an URL which shows the CURRENT newest Tools package but a more general, generic URL which points always (even in the future)

to the newest package.

When I go for example to:

https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?productId=491&downloadGroup=VMTOOLS1000

then this download URL is outdated since the newest Tools package is (at least v10.0.5

Unfortuantely I found no further link on the given webpage above to the NEWEST webpage.

It must be something like

https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?productId=491&downloadGroup=VMTOOLSNEWEST

or similar.

I am particularly interested in the original Ü*.iso files and not an *.exe package

Can someone help me?

Thank you

Matt

I am using VMware Workstation 9.0.4 build-1945795 and having an issue with "Map Virtual Disks". I have tried to map a virtual disk on windows server 2008 r2, windows server 2008, windows 7, windows xp,windows 2000, windows 98 and DOS 6.22. I have went to File - Map Virtual Disks and get "Failed to initialize library for mounting and unmounting virtual disks" everytime I try to map no matter what OS for virtual machine. Some have snapshot while others do not this is a mix of 64 bit and 32 bit virtual machines. My system is Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit. What am I missing here because if there is a feature available on the menu you would seem to expect it to actually work on something.

I'm willing to pay for a win 10 licence to create a new virtual machine in my workstation 12 player, what's the simplest way to do that ?

Hi!

I have a problem with VMware® Workstation 12 Player 12.5.1 build-4542065.

I use Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit and Qt 5.7 with OpenGL.

I created a simple project with OpenGL.

The project crashes in run-time with an error message "VMware: vmw_ioctl_command error Invalid argument.".

If I turn off "3D graphics/Accelerate 3D graphics" then the error dissapear, but it works very slow. It isn't the solution.

Any help appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Regards, Maksim

Hello,

I have VMware Player 3.1.5, installed to Windows 7 Starter, SP1.

I realisee that this is an old version of the VMware Player, but would appreciate help.

(I had to choose this version of VMware Player in order to install Win98SE - later versions of VMware Player do not support this Guest OS. The Win98SE is for the purpose of running some old, but still useful, applications that do not run in the Host operating system Windows 7.)

I can no longer "drag and drop" files / folders into the Virtual Desktop, from the Host Desktop.

I can still do it the other way round.

Until recently, "drag and drop" between the VM installed Guest operating system Desktop and the host real Desktop, worked fine.

This Win98SE guest operating system does not support / is not supported for, the alternative Import method, of using Shared folders.

The antivirus installed to the Host operating system is Avast and I always disable it when using the VM.

When I try to "drag and drop" from the Host system to the Guest VM, there is no error message, but the "read-only" pointer symbol appears (a circle with two "diameter" lines in it) instead of the usual pointer's "dragging file" symbol, and NO transfer takes place.

I have tried "dragging and dropping": a folder, a simple .txt format file, and a Microsoft Word file.

I have no restore points available dated prior to August 7, 2016, the date when the VM's Import function last worked.

The following is what I have tried to do to resolve the issue:

Rebooting.

("VMware Player 3.1.5" does not run in Safe Mode.)

Used "MSCONFIG" with minimum 'Startup' items Enabled (but including "VMWare Workstation" enabled).

Carried out a "Repair" of "VMware Player 3.1.5" (which can only be done from its original installer file).

Within "VMWare Player", carried out a "Repair" of its VM Tools".

It detects a new version of VM Tools but is unable to install it.

VM Tools are installed.

Individually uninstalled all but one, of the Windows Security and Non-Security Updates that have been installed till now since August 7, 2016 (which was the date when the Import function of VMWare Player was last used successfully), testing VMWare Player's Import function after each individual Windows Update uninstall.

(Did NOT test the following Windows Update types (installed since August 7, 2016 - see above):

.NET Framework Updates,

Microsoft Office Updates,

and one Silverlight Update.)

I also replaced the VM folder with a Backup made prior to the issue.

I dIsabled both Avast Antivirus and Comodo Firewall, and then tested the VM's Import function.

I uninstalled the VMware Player, and then reinstalled it.

I uninstalled Avast antivirus, then used the Avast Clean Tool to ensure complete removal, and then tested the VM's Import function.

All the above changes were reversed using System Restore.

Then I replaced the Backup VM I had tried, with the version I had been using when the Import function had failed.

I then found that the Import function worked , but because there was no logical reason why it should have been "repaired" - since in effect, NO changes had been made since it failed, I suspected correctly that this "miracle" would be temporary. Therefore I rebooted the computer and tested the VM's Import function again, when (of course) it did NOT work.

I have no idea why it failed, nor why it worked just temporarily, and it is NOT working now.

I would appreciate help in restoring the VM's Import ("drag and drop") function.

Regards,

Robert333

I want to edit my first message, to show here what was the solution (I had omitted to mention that I had started elevating the application with "Run as administrator"). Be warned that this applies to any application to which you wish to "drag and drop" ! :

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QUOTE FROM:

WILA. 06-Nov-2016 03:55:

File drag and drop functionality only works when both source as well as target are running under the same user account.

So if you start VMPlayer via "run as administrator" then you cannot drag and drop files anymore.

This is by design and is an active security measure of how Windows works. (see also: windows 7 - Drag and Drop File into Application under run as administrator - Super User)

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