Specifications

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To include a feature, use it with the ADDLOCAL option.
To exclude a feature, use it with the REMOVE option.
For example, to install everything but the shared folders driver, type the following on
the command line:
msiexec -i "D:\VMware Tools.msi" ADDLOCAL=ALL REMOVE=Hgfs /qn
The SVGA, Mouse, BusLogic, vmxnet and MemCtl features are children of the
Drivers feature. Thus, on the command line, if you type
msiexec -i "D:\VMware Tools.msi" ADDLOCAL=ALL
REMOVE=Drivers /qn
you also skip installation of the SVGA, Mouse, BusLogic, vmxnet and MemCtl
drivers.
The drivers installed by VMware Tools are not signed by Microsoft. When you install
VMware Tools, you are asked to confirm the installation of these drivers. You can
prevent these messages from appearing in the guest operating system during
installation by completing the following steps.
1. On the virtual machine’s desktop, right-click My Computer, then choose
Properties.
2. Click the Hardware tab, then click Driver Signing. The Driver Signing dialog box
appears.
3. Click Ignore, then click OK twice.
Installing VMware Tools in a Linux or FreeBSD Virtual Machine
1. Power on the virtual machine.
2. After the guest operating system has started, prepare your virtual machine to
install VMware Tools.
Choose VM > Install VMware Tools.
The remaining steps take place inside the virtual machine.
3. Be sure the guest operating system is running in text mode. You cannot install
VMware Tools from a terminal in an X window session.
Some recent distributions of Linux are configured to run the X server when they
boot and do not provide an easy way to stop the X server. However, you can
switch to a different workspace that is still in text mode and install VMware Tools
from that workspace.