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  • 1.  No option to set Windows Display res to ULTRA WIDE SCREEN 3440 X 1440

    Posted Jun 07, 2023 06:04 PM

    Trying Setting Display res to ULTRA WIDE SCREEN 3440 X 1440, no option, on Mac M1 - Windows 11. No option, I’ve installed VMware tools using Run PowerShell method.

    I don’t have following after installing VMware Tools "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMwareResolutionSet.exe" 0 1 , 0 0 3440 1440

    I feel I’m missing something? 



  • 2.  RE: No option to set Windows Display res to ULTRA WIDE SCREEN 3440 X 1440

    Posted Jun 07, 2023 06:14 PM

    If the graphics card (whether virtual or physical) doesn't support the desired resolution, you won't be able to select it. In the case of a virtual machine, this would be dependent on the settings and capabilities provided by VMware and the host system.

    you can try manually setting it. This would involve editing the .vmx configuration file for your virtual machine and adding or modifying the lines that set the display resolution.


    svga.vramSize = "268435456"
    svga.autodetect = "FALSE"
    svga.maxWidth = "3440"
    svga.maxHeight = "1440"

     



  • 3.  RE: No option to set Windows Display res to ULTRA WIDE SCREEN 3440 X 1440

    Posted Jun 07, 2023 07:06 PM
     wrote:

    If the graphics card (whether virtual or physical) doesn't support the desired resolution, you won't be able to select it. In the case of a virtual machine, this would be dependent on the settings and capabilities provided by VMware and the host system.

    you can try manually setting it. This would involve editing the .vmx configuration file for your virtual machine and adding or modifying the lines that set the display resolution.


    svga.vramSize = "268435456"
    svga.autodetect = "FALSE"
    svga.maxWidth = "3440"
    svga.maxHeight = "1440"

     

    Don't bother. Doesn't work. The VMware SVGA driver on Windows 11 ARM doesn't provide Windows with an available "native" resolution of 3440x1440 even with these in the vmx fil, and the drivers aren't such that they recognize that a window has been resized to another resolution (and that includes going to full screen).

    There's a whole thread about this in the forum, and nobody has come up with a workable solution.

    We'll have to wait until VMware improves their tools in a future release.

     



  • 4.  RE: No option to set Windows Display res to ULTRA WIDE SCREEN 3440 X 1440

    Posted Jun 07, 2023 07:13 PM
     wrote:

    Trying Setting Display res to ULTRA WIDE SCREEN 3440 X 1440, no option, on Mac M1 - Windows 11. No option, I’ve installed VMware tools using Run PowerShell method.

    I don’t have following after installing VMware Tools "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMwareResolutionSet.exe" 0 1 , 0 0 3440 1440

    I feel I’m missing something? 

    No you're not missing anything. The "VMware Tools"  for Windows 11 ARM is what's missing functionality. Those "Tools" are a very limited subset of those available for Windows x64. The only components are the VMware 2D SVGA driver and a vmxnet3 network driver. No other components of the Tools are available for Windows 11 ARM including the "VMwareResolutionSet.exe".program and other host/guest integration features such as copy/paste/drag/drop and Shared Folders.

    There's nothing you can do about this except wait for VMware to improve their Tools implementation. The vmware driver simply does not support changing the resolution to 3440x1440 at this point in time. 

     



  • 5.  RE: No option to set Windows Display res to ULTRA WIDE SCREEN 3440 X 1440

    Posted Jun 07, 2023 07:25 PM

    Ok thanks, I was wondering about copy/paste etc as well . I’ll just have to make do with standard option. No problem. 

    Cheers



  • 6.  RE: No option to set Windows Display res to ULTRA WIDE SCREEN 3440 X 1440

    Posted Jun 07, 2023 07:28 PM

    It's getting to be about the time of year that VMware likes to deliver Tech Preview releases. Hopefully they'll have one soon that includes real VMware Tools for Windows 11 ARM so that we don't have to wait until a brand new release (that usually happens in late fall).



  • 7.  RE: No option to set Windows Display res to ULTRA WIDE SCREEN 3440 X 1440

    Posted Jun 07, 2023 08:44 PM

    Based on the past, I'm guessing we'll see one in early July.  Early reports are Sonoma works as a guest in 13, so there shouldn't be any major work before we see it.

     



  • 8.  RE: No option to set Windows Display res to ULTRA WIDE SCREEN 3440 X 1440

    Posted Jun 08, 2023 12:53 AM

    As a side note, I have Sonoma running as a guest on my ESXi 7.0 box.



  • 9.  RE: No option to set Windows Display res to ULTRA WIDE SCREEN 3440 X 1440

    Posted Jan 21, 2024 12:26 PM

    Best you can do for now is 2560x1440, not fully ultra wide, but better than nothing 



  • 10.  RE: No option to set Windows Display res to ULTRA WIDE SCREEN 3440 X 1440

    Posted Jan 21, 2024 04:05 PM
     wrote:

    Best you can do for now is 2560x1440, not fully ultra wide, but better than nothing 

    That was true for Fusion 13, but not with 13.5.

    With Fusion 13.5 and the included VMware Tools, placing the display in full screen mode will use the monitor's full resolution. I have an LG ULTRAWIDE display and will get the entire 3440x1440 resolution in full screen mode.