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Copy and Paste from VMware

If you want the ability to copy and paste to and from your virtual machine in VMware with your host machine, you need to install the VMware tools inside your virtual machine: http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/new_guest_tools_ws.html

Once the VMware tools are installed, you then need to launch the VMware toolbox utility. Do that by typing the following on the command line:

vmware-toolbox &

Once that is done copy and paste should work.
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Rating: 50% positive, 4 total Votes
Categories: Computers VMware
Added: on Apr 12, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Added By: geekalot
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I am technically challenged so not sure:

I am using VMware server 1.0.7 and could get that method to work for copying and pasting files, but I did manage to map a network drive eventually. IPCONFIG on your host to get your IP address then (in WinServ2003) map to \\[IPaddress]\C$ for example.
– Added by an anonymous user on Mar 09, 2009 at 7:13 am
You need to have the the vmware-client running on your windows ( vm ) machine. It should show an icon on the task bar.
– Added by an anonymous user on Jul 06, 2009 at 6:36 pm
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