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July 17, 2013
Category: vmware
Tags: configuration-parameters, copy, copy-paste, isolation, paste, shell, software, technology, virtual-machine, vmware-vsphere

Enable VMware Guest Copy and Paste

Just a quick post to show how to enable copy and Past on VMware vSphere Guest.

You would need to add the following to the configuration parameters....

  • isolation.tools.copy.disable    false
  • isolation.tools.paste.disable   false

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You can also do this in ESXI Shell:

~ # ls ln /etc/VMware

~ # vi /etc/vmware/config

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add:

vmx.fullpath = "/bin/vmx" isolation.tools.copy.disable="FALSE" isolation.tools.paste.disable="FALSE"

save and exit.