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vmware-fullscreen does not support copy and paste between a host and guest or virtual machines (1016832)

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Copy and paste between a host and guest or virtual machines is not supported in VMware Workstation when using fullscreen mode.

Solution

Copy and paste between a host and guest or virtual machines when using fullscreen mode is not a supported feature in VMware Workstation at this time.

If you would like to see this feature available in a future release of VMware Workstation, you can submit this request via the Feature Request page on our website.

To work around this issue, exit fullscreen mode when performing any copy and paste operations.

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