"Your version of VMware Tools is out of date"

[Russell East]

I'm using 4.5.2 build-8848 on a Fedora Core 2 Linux host (kernel
2.6.6-1.435.2.3). Running Win2K as guest OS.

The above message appears in the status bar of the VmWare window.

When I click "VM"/"Install VMware Tools" a popup window appears and asks
me to confirm if I want to install. I click "Install". Nothing happens.

If I click "VM" again, I see a menu item "Cancel VMware Tools install".
If I click this, the menu item returns to "Install VMware Tools".

I've tried restarting Win2k, etc, but nothing ever seems to happen.

So, I thought, ok, I'll uninstall VMware Tools and see if that helps.

Nope, but now I don't have VMware Tools at all, and I still can't
re-install.

Help!

-- Russell

[Jim Henderson]

In the guest, try launching the setup.exe on the CD inserted by the
installation process by hand. It's possible autorun is disabled for the
virtual CD-ROM drive.

Jim

[Russell East]

So, now I've got the above message. According to the VMware
KnowledgeBase article #128 "VMware Tools Installation in Windows Guest
Does not Start Automatically"
(http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_alp.php?p_sid=tmxCpKfh&p_lva=&p_li=&p_page=1&p_prod_lvl1=%7Eany%7E&p_prod_lvl2=%7Eany%7E&p_cat_lvl1=%7Eany%7E&p_cat_lvl2=%7Eany%7E&p_search_text=&p_new_search=1&p_search_type=7&p_sort_by=dflt)
I should be able to manually start the install using the following step:
Enter D:\setup\setup.exe where D: is the first CD-ROM drive
configured for your virtual machine.

Well, I have D: as a virtual disk, so E: is the usual drive for my
CDROM. When I try to access drive E: it tells me
The disk in drive E is not formatted
Do you want to format it now?
Presumably, there is something wrong internally with the VMware virtual
disk that contains the Tools?

How would it get that way?

-- Russell

Post by Russell East
I'm using 4.5.2 build-8848 on a Fedora Core 2 Linux host (kernel
2.6.6-1.435.2.3). Running Win2K as guest OS.
The above message appears in the status bar of the VmWare window.
When I click "VM"/"Install VMware Tools" a popup window appears and asks
me to confirm if I want to install. I click "Install". Nothing happens.
If I click "VM" again, I see a menu item "Cancel VMware Tools install".
If I click this, the menu item returns to "Install VMware Tools".
I've tried restarting Win2k, etc, but nothing ever seems to happen.
So, I thought, ok, I'll uninstall VMware Tools and see if that helps.
Nope, but now I don't have VMware Tools at all, and I still can't
re-install.
Help!
-- Russell

[Jim Henderson]

Sounds like drive E: isn't a CD-ROM drive, otherwise Windows wouldn't ask
you to format it, since (obviously) CD-ROM drives don't support formatting
the disc.

I would shut down the VM, make sure the VM settings are correct for the
devices indicated, start the machine up again, and then check in the
device manager what driver letter is assigned to what and make sure the
drive is a CD-ROM device. It's entirely possible that Windows rearranged
your drive letters for you for some reason.

Jim

[Marty L. Williams]

Post by Jim Henderson
Sounds like drive E: isn't a CD-ROM drive, otherwise Windows wouldn't ask
you to format it, since (obviously) CD-ROM drives don't support formatting
the disc.
I would shut down the VM, make sure the VM settings are correct for the
devices indicated, start the machine up again, and then check in the
device manager what driver letter is assigned to what and make sure the
drive is a CD-ROM device. It's entirely possible that Windows rearranged
your drive letters for you for some reason.
Jim

Before you start the VM:

Double click on the CD-ROM in the Summary section

Under Connection select "Use ISO image"

Browse to the location of the "windows.iso" file. This will be in your
VMware Workstation folder. Click on the file than press open.

Also check Connect at power on.

Start the VM. The file will be mounted as a CD-Rom. Run setup from it.

You may also do this while the VM is running by either right clicking on
the CD-Rom icon in the lower right of the VM window and selecting Edit
or from Edit\Removable Devices\CD-ROM\Edit

Ta...
Marty L. Williams

[Russell East]

Marty,
Great advice - that did the trick - thanx!
-- Russell

Post by Marty L. Williams

Post by Jim Henderson
Sounds like drive E: isn't a CD-ROM drive, otherwise Windows wouldn't ask
you to format it, since (obviously) CD-ROM drives don't support formatting
the disc.
I would shut down the VM, make sure the VM settings are correct for the
devices indicated, start the machine up again, and then check in the
device manager what driver letter is assigned to what and make sure the
drive is a CD-ROM device. It's entirely possible that Windows rearranged
your drive letters for you for some reason.
Jim

Double click on the CD-ROM in the Summary section
Under Connection select "Use ISO image"
Browse to the location of the "windows.iso" file. This will be in your
VMware Workstation folder. Click on the file than press open.
Also check Connect at power on.
Start the VM. The file will be mounted as a CD-Rom. Run setup from it.
You may also do this while the VM is running by either right clicking on
the CD-Rom icon in the lower right of the VM window and selecting Edit
or from Edit\Removable Devices\CD-ROM\Edit
Ta...
Marty L. Williams