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  • 1.  installing vmware tools - cdrom 0 bytes free cdfs cannot access

    Posted Jul 05, 2015 02:15 PM

    on windows 7 vm, when i try to install vmware tools on it, the cdrom shows this and I am not able to click on the drive

    any idea?



  • 2.  RE: installing vmware tools - cdrom 0 bytes free cdfs cannot access

    Posted Jul 05, 2015 05:23 PM

    Your issues looks like a UAC problem, take a look at this another thread for addtional details: windows server 2008 - Why can't I browse my D: drive, even if I'm in the Administrators group? - Server Fault



  • 3.  RE: installing vmware tools - cdrom 0 bytes free cdfs cannot access

    Posted Jul 06, 2015 02:53 AM

    Try to mount the vmtools iso directly instead of using rt click install vm tools option and see if that helps



  • 4.  RE: installing vmware tools - cdrom 0 bytes free cdfs cannot access

    Posted Jul 08, 2015 11:47 AM

    Hello

    Please go to virtual machine edit setting and please check if the correct iso is connected.

    Please also try the below process which can sole your issue.

    Procedure

    1. In the Inventory > Hosts and Clusters view, select the host, cluster, or datacenter and click the Virtual Machines tab.
    2. Control-click or Shift-click to select the virtual machines.
    3. Right-click the selected virtual machines and click Guest > Install/Upgrade VMware Tools.
    4. Complete the wizard.
    To specify any MSI arguments or to specify which VMware Tools components to exclude, add the same arguments and options that you would for the setup.exe program in the Advanced text box.

    If the above process not helping in resolving the issue reboot the virtual machine and then try install of vmware tools.

    Please let me know if you need any additional details.

    Thanks
    Sam