In this article, I will explain how to Install VMware Tools on Windows 11. If you have a newly installed Windows 11 virtual machine on a VMware Workstation Pro or player, then download and install VMware Tools to get better performance. After installing the Windows Virtual machine, it isn’t going to detect the host display resolution, therefore as we resize the virtual screen of the VM, the OS running over it won’t adapt its res. Apart from it, a few other core functionalities such as host-to-guest clipboard and drag-and-drop work won’t be there as well. To get all this with other functions for better performance we need to install VMware Tools on each virtual machine guest operating system we are running.
In case you also need to know- how to Install Windows 11 on VMware Workstation.
VMware Tools installation on Windows 11
The steps given below will be the same for all Windows running on VMware Workstation Pro or player software.
Open your Windows 11 virtual machine
On your VMware Workstation, choose and start the virtual machine created for Windows 11 operating system.
Access and Mount VMware Tools CD
After the virtual machine is started, right-click on the virtual machine and then “Install VMware Tools” this will mount the virtual CD/DVD that holds the executable file to install.
Install VMware Tools
Double-click on the mounted DVD VMware tools to run VMware tools.
This will run an installer and will ask for the rights as an Administrator. Choose the Yes button to allow permission.
Welcome to the VMware tools setup, click on the next button to VMware Tools for Windows.
Choose VMware setup type, (Typical) and then click next.
Choose the install button to install VMware tools.
Completed the VMware tools setup, click finish.
Once the VMware tools setup is completed, a pop-up will open up to restart the system. After restarting the system the VMware Tools can be applied properly.
With the help of this easiest way, we can install VMware Tools on most of the Guest operating systems running on the VMware Workstation.
To learn more about how to install VMware Tools, visit VMware.
