How to enbale copy/paste and drag/drop in VMWare Work Station.

VMware Workstation is a virtual machine software that is used for x86 and x86-64 computers to run multiple operating systems over a single physical host computer. Each virtual machine can run a single instance of any operating system (Microsoft, Linux, etc.) simultaneously. VMware Workstation strongly supports hardware compatibility and works as a bridge between the host and virtual machine for all kinds of hardware resources including hard disks, USB devices and CD-ROMs. All device drivers are installed via the host machine. But, copying from the host and pasting in the virtual machine can be tricky.

1. When installing and first opening the VM you should not ignore the "Install VMWare tools" sign!! Basic features are disabled because the VM is not up to date or missing some necessary drivers.

2.

1. Go into VM / Settings / Options / Guest Isolation

2. CHECK bothcheckboxes (Enable drag and drop, Enable copy and paste) and click OK.

3. Shut down the guest, and shut down VMware Workstation.

4. Open the VMWare.

5. Power On the guest.

If it doesn't work, follow this steps:

1. Go into VM / Settings / Options / Guest Isolation

2. UNCHECK bothcheckboxes (Enable drag and drop, Enable copy and paste) and click OK.

3. Shut down the guest, and shut down VMware Workstation

4. Reboot the host computer

5. Run VMware Workstation but do not launch the guest yet.

6. Go into VM / Settings / Options / Guest Isolation for the guest, and

7. CHECK both checkboxes

8. Power On the guest.