Specifications

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Windows 95
1. After installing VMware Tools, click Finish. The Display Settings dialog box
appears.
2. Click the Advanced Properties button. The Advanced Display Properties dialog
box appears.
3. Click the Change button. The Select Device dialog box appears.
4. Select Have Disk.
5. Enter the following path:
D:\video\win9x
D: is the drive letter for the first virtual CD-ROM drive in your virtual machine.
Click OK.
6. Click OK again to install the driver.
7. Click Close from the Advanced Display Properties dialog box, then click Close
from the Display Setting dialog box.
8. Click Yes to restart Windows 95 and start using the new video driver.
9. The VMware Tools background application starts automatically when you reboot
your virtual machine.
Automating the Installation of VMware Tools in a Windows Guest
To automate the installation of VMware Tools in a Windows guest operating system,
you can use the Microsoft Windows Installer runtime engine to install the software
silently (in quiet mode). If you are installing VMware Tools in a number of Windows
virtual machines, you may want to use the silent install features.
The guest operating system in which you are installing VMware Tools must have
Microsoft Windows Installer runtime engine version 2.0 or higher installed. This
version is included with Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. If you are installing
VMware Tools in other Windows guest operating systems, check the version of this
file:
%WINDIR%\system32\msiexec.exe
If you need to upgrade the engine, run instmsiw.exe (instmsia.exe for
Windows 95 or Windows 98 guests), which is included with the VMware Tools installer.
For more information on using the Microsoft Windows Installer, go to the Microsoft
Web site — msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/
about_windows_installer.asp.