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Cannot find the VMware Tools CD
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I cannot find the VMware Tools CD. Why didn't I get this CD as part of my purchase?
Solution
The installers for supported guest operating systems that have VMware Tools are packaged in VMware products as ISO image files. An ISO image file looks like a CD-ROM to your guest operating system and even appears as a CD-ROM in Windows Explorer. You do not use a physical CD-ROM to install VMware Tools, nor do you need to download the CD-ROM image or burn a physical CD-ROM of this image file.
When you choose Settings > VMware Tools Install, the VMware product temporarily connects the virtual machine's first virtual CD-ROM drive to the ISO image file that contains the VMware Tools installer for your guest operating system.
For more information about installing VMware Tools in your guest operating system, refer to the following depending on your product and version:
Note: VMware Player 2.x and 1.x are meant to play pre-built virtual machines. The person who creates the pre-built virtual machine includes VMware Tools if it is needed. If you want to add VMware Tools to a virtual machine, then you should use a VMware product like ESX Server, Workstation or VMware Server, which allows you to alter virtual machines.
