vmware tools installed successfully but cannot be copied, how to solve the problem

File sharing between the host and the virtual machine is only possible if vmware tools are installed in the virtual machine. However, some users find that after successfully installing vmware tools, they still cannot drag and drop and copy and paste files between the host and the virtual machine. How to solve this problem? Let’s take a look.

The real solution: Open the terminal 1. Uninstall VMware Tools.

sudo apt-get autoremove open-vm-tools

2. Install VMware tools online.

sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop

If something goes wrong, execute the following two lines of commands.

sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop fuse

3. Restart the virtual machine.

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