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The vmware tools exe was seen inside the guest os and installation was as usual. Mounted the *.iso file to cd/dvd drive in the vmware console. The free VMware Workstation Player lets you evaluate multiple operating systems at the same time on your PC. These packages support the following operating systems: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and later Download VMware Workstation Player for free. Registered my name and downloaded vmware tools separately. Then after much research found this page: I had the same problem in Vmware Workstation pro 16. Hopefully, this helped you fix your installation just as it did for me.

VMWARE WORKSTATION 15 PLAYER INSTALL

If this doesn't work, you can try to manually download the VMWare Tools ISO, mount it in a virtual drive and install it. You will also see a new tab at the bottom of the screen prompting you to install the tools. Click on it to begin the VMware installation. The option to install VMware tools should no longer be grayed out.

Once it has booted to the desktop, click on the menu at the top left corner and go to "Player > Manage > Install VMWare Tools".

Click on "OK" to close the window, and Start the VM as usual.

VMware Workstation Pro can be used in free trial mode right after installation for a 30-day trial period. Users who want to upgrade their previous version of VMware Workstation Player to VMware Workstation Player 15 can do it for 80. (Previously, it had the Windows ISO selected) The price for a commercial license of VMware Player 15 is 150 for new installations. The right pane should now have the option "Use Physical Drive > Auto Detect" enabled.

Click on the "Add button" and select "CD/DVD" Drive and select finish.

(Technically optional, but this is what fixed it for me.

Repeat the above step to remove the Floppy Drive.

Highlight the CD/Drive on the left sidebar under the Hardware tab and click on the remove button.

Select the "Settings" option to edit the hardware settings.

VMware Workstation Pro supports over 200 Guest operating systems including Windows 10, 8, 7, XP, Red Hat, Oracle Linux, CentOS, and more.

Open VMWare Workstation Player and right-click on the VM. VMware Workstation Pro supports several Host Operating Systems including Ubuntu 15.04 and above, RHEL 6 and above, Windows 7 and above, Oracle Linux 7.0 and above, and more.

VMWARE WORKSTATION 15 PLAYER HOW TO

How to install/reinstall VMWare tools grayed out A Commercial License can be applied to enable Workstation Player to run Restricted Virtual Machines created by VMware Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro.

VMWARE WORKSTATION 15 PLAYER FOR FREE

Even though I was doing this for Windows 10, this isn’t limited to Windows installations and should work regardless of the virtual operating system. VMware Workstation Player (formerly known as Player Pro) is a desktop hypervisor application that delivers local virtualization features and is available for free for personal use.

For anyone facing this same issue with their VMware installation, here’s the solution in a pleasing format.