![]() ![]() ![]() I have no idea why it failed, nor why it worked just temporarily, and it is NOT working now. Therefore I rebooted the computer and tested the VM's Import function again, when (of course) it did NOT work. I then found that the Import function worked :smileyalert:, but because there was no logical reason why it should have been "repaired" - since in effect, NO changes had been made since it failed, I suspected correctly that this "miracle" would be temporary. Then I replaced the Backup VM I had tried, with the version I had been using when the Import function had failed. I uninstalled Avast antivirus, then used the Avast Clean Tool to ensure complete removal, and then tested the VM's Import function.Īll the above changes were reversed using System Restore. ![]() I uninstalled the VMware Player, and then reinstalled it. I dIsabled both Avast Antivirus and Comodo Firewall, and then tested the VM's Import function. I also replaced the VM folder with a Backup made prior to the issue. (Did NOT test the following Windows Update types (installed since Augsee above): Individually uninstalled all but one, of the Windows Security and Non-Security Updates that have been installed till now since Aug(which was the date when the Import function of VMWare Player was last used successfully), testing VMWare Player's Import function after each individual Windows Update uninstall. It detects a new version of VM Tools but is unable to install it. Within "VMWare Player", carried out a "Repair" of its VM Tools". Used "MSCONFIG" with minimum 'Startup' items Enabled (but including "VMWare Workstation" enabled).Ĭarried out a "Repair" of "VMware Player 3.1.5" (which can only be done from its original installer file). ("VMware Player 3.1.5" does not run in Safe Mode.) The following is what I have tried to do to resolve the issue: I have no restore points available dated prior to August 7, 2016, the date when the VM's Import function last worked. ![]() txt format file, and a Microsoft Word file. I have tried "dragging and dropping": a folder, a simple. When I try to "drag and drop" from the Host system to the Guest VM, there is no error message, but the "read-only" pointer symbol appears (a circle with two "diameter" lines in it) instead of the usual pointer's "dragging file" symbol, and NO transfer takes place. The antivirus installed to the Host operating system is Avast and I always disable it when using the VM. This Win98SE guest operating system does not support / is not supported for, the alternative Import method, of using Shared folders. Until recently, "drag and drop" between the VM installed Guest operating system Desktop and the host real Desktop, worked fine. I can no longer "drag and drop" files / folders into the Virtual Desktop, from the Host Desktop. The Win98SE is for the purpose of running some old, but still useful, applications that do not run in the Host operating system Windows 7.) (I had to choose this version of VMware Player in order to install Win98SE - later versions of VMware Player do not support this Guest OS. I realisee that this is an old version of the VMware Player, but would appreciate help. I have VMware Player 3.1.5, installed to Windows 7 Starter, SP1. ![]()
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