


Since it is Windows, VMware Tools will need to restart the VM in order to fully complete the installation of VMware Tools. Wait for it to finish.įinally, click Finish to finish the process.

The VMware Tools installation process is in progress. For more advanced customization, select Complete or Custom. In a typical installation of a VM, select Typical and then Next to continue. Alternatively, if the message is gone, open File Explorer, enter the contents of the DVD and run Setup.exe.Ĭlick Run setup64.exe to start the process. Tap on the message that will appear to continue. You will then see that the virtual DVD of VMware Tools has been loaded into VM’s DVD drive. Install VMware Tools on Windows and Windows Server VMsĪfter you have finished installing the operating system and logged in with a Windows Administrator account, open the VM menu and click Install VMware Tools. The steps below were done on a Windows Server 2016 installation, but the process is the same for all recent versions of Windows and Windows Server.
