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Setting Preferences for VMware Tools

Setting Preferences for VMware Tools in a Windows Guest Operating System

  1. Open VMware Tools. Double-click the VMware Tools icon in the system tray.
  2. The VMware Tools tab contains status information about the virtual machine. Click the link button to visit the VMware home page.
  3. The Devices tab allows you to enable or disable removable devices. (You can also set these options from the Devices menu of the VMware Workstation application window.)
  4. The Shrink tab allows you to remove unused disk blocks from your virtual disk, thereby reducing (shrinking) the amount of storage space consumed by the virtual disk. It also reorganizes your virtual disk so that its data blocks are contiguous.
  5. The Other tab shows the Miscellaneous Options:

Setting Preferences for VMware Tools in a Linux Guest Operating System

  1. Open VMware Tools. Run the following command in a terminal:
    vmware-toolbox.
  2. The Devices tab allows you to enable or disable removable devices. (You can also set these options from the Devices menu of the VMware Workstation application window.)
  3. The Shrink tab allows you to remove unused disk blocks from your virtual disk, thereby reducing (shrinking) the amount of storage space consumed by the virtual disk. It also reorganizes your virtual disk so that its data blocks are contiguous.
  4. The Options tab shows these options:

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