

With its advanced hypervisor technology, you can isolate different operating systems (OSs) and applications from the underlying physical hardware. VMware provides enterprise-grade virtualization software and cloud computing services. Also, the mouse will work smoothly now.By Jessie Reed How to Manually Perform the VMware Tools Download from VMware Website: Full Guide You can now avail of almost all the features of your host machine, such as sound, USB, CD-ROM, etc. Finally, press the Yes button to complete the VMware Tools setup. In the following screen, click the Next button. Now, VMware Tools will start installing on your guest machine. When “ User Account Control” prompts, click the Yes button. Then, right-click on the mounted CD-ROM and select Install or run program from your media. To access, open the File Explorer by pressing Windows + E keys from the keyboard and then navigating to CD-ROM. You will also see a notification of a virtual CD-ROM on the right side bottom corner of the taskbar.

In a few seconds, a virtual CD-ROM will be mounted on guest Windows 11. First, click on the Player in the menu of VMware, and then select Manage > Install VMware Tools. To install VMware Tools on a guest Windows 11, do the following:. How to Install VMware Tools on VMware Workstation Player? So, if you have installed Windows 11 on a VMware machine, we recommend installing VMware Tools, too. It is not mandatory to use it to run a VMware, but it provides notable improvements and extra features if you use it. It is an add-on software inside the guest Windows 11 running in a Virtual Machine on a VMware-based virtualization platform. If you have installed Windows 11 on a VMware Workstation Player, we recommend installing VMware Tools to use all the features.
