However with my Windows 10 圆4 TP guest, even though I installed VM tools - its almost like VM tools isnt running. This is a major issue since dragging and dropping files to a guest operating system is the most efficient way to. I have been using VMware Workstation with various OSs for a while and think its great. After installing Windows 7, I realized that I could not drag and drop files into that virtual environment. As in this example, my VMWareDnD’s temp folder is C:UserslinglomAppDataLocalTempvmware-linglomVMwareDnD and uses about 400 MB.
var/run/vmblock-fuse/blockdir/ZnLFWa/abstract art. I thought I would share what I figured out when working with VMWARE workstation and Microsoft Windows guest operating system. It will resolve to the VMWareDnD folder which keeps temporary drag and drop’s files. Here is an example of an error message I receive when I try to copy the example file "abstract art.pdf" from the guest to the host (vmplayer is run with sudo permissions): Most similar issues I have found related to this have the opposite issue, that is, the drag and drop from host to guest does not work while the guest to host does. I am able to drag and drop any file from the host (Ubuntu) to the guest (Windows) without a problem however, I cannot drag and drop from the guest (Windows) to the host (Ubuntu).
I am using Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS and running Windows 7 on the virtual machine. Workstation 12 Pro has added support for VMware Photon so you can start building and experimenting with containerized. since version 4.0 (included), VMware will use a FUSE file system (which is our case).
When using VMware as the hypervisor, it is important to install VMware Tools in the guest to enhances the virtual machine performance. Indeed, as stated in the VMware official documentation, VMware Workstation uses different components depending on the version of your Linux kernel : prior to Linux kernel version 4.0, VMware Tools used a driver for mounting shared folders from VMware Workstation. I have vmtools installed as well, but perhaps there is an issue with the installation I am unaware of. VMware is a mature and stable virtualization solution that allows you to run multiple, isolated operating systems on a single machine. I am having an issue with the drag and drop feature of VMware Workstation Player 15.