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Table Of Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Player
- Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Player
- Introduction and System Requirements
- Installing and Using Player
- Creating Virtual Machines
- Understanding Virtual Machines
- Preparing to Create a Virtual Machine
- Create a Virtual Machine
- Use Easy Install to Install a Guest Operating System
- Install a Guest Operating System Manually
- Importing Virtual Machines
- Installing and Upgrading VMware Tools
- Installing VMware Tools
- Upgrading VMware Tools
- Configure Software Update Preferences
- Configure VMware Tools Updates for a Specific Virtual Machine
- Manually Installing and Upgrading VMware Tools
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Windows Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Linux Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a NetWare Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Solaris Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a FreeBSD Virtual Machine
- Start the VMware User Process Manually If You Do Not Use a Session Manager
- Uninstall VMware Tools
- Virtual Machine Files
- Using Virtual Machines
- Starting Virtual Machines in Player
- Stopping Virtual Machines in Player
- Transferring Files and Text
- Using the Drag-and-Drop Feature
- Using the Copy and Paste Feature
- Using Shared Folders
- Mapping a Virtual Disk to the Host System
- Add a Host Printer to a Virtual Machine
- Using Removable Devices in Virtual Machines
- Install New Software in a Virtual Machine
- Changing the Virtual Machine Display
- Download a Virtual Appliance in Player
- Remove a Virtual Machine from the Library in Player
- Configuring and Managing Virtual Machines
- Change the Name of a Virtual Machine
- Change the Guest Operating System for a Virtual Machine
- Change the Working Directory for a Virtual Machine
- Change the Virtual Machine Directory for a Virtual Machine
- Change the Memory Allocation for a Virtual Machine
- Configuring Video and Sound
- Moving Virtual Machines
- Delete a Virtual Machine
- View the Message Log for a Virtual Machine
- Using the VIX API
- Configuring and Managing Devices
- Configuring DVD, CD-ROM, and Floppy Drives
- Configuring a USB Controller
- Configuring and Maintaining Virtual Hard Disks
- Configuring Virtual Ports
- Add a Virtual Parallel Port to a Virtual Machine
- Configure a Virtual Parallel Port on a Linux 2.6.x Kernel Host
- Configure Permissions for a Parallel Port Device on a Linux Host
- Troubleshoot ECR Errors for Parallel Ports
- Add a Virtual Serial Port to a Virtual Machine
- Change the Input Speed of a Serial Connection
- Configuring Generic SCSI Devices
- Configuring Eight-Way Virtual Symmetric Multiprocessing
- Configuring Keyboard Features
- Modify Hardware Settings for a Virtual Machine
- Configuring Network Connections
- Index
Unity mode is not available in full screen mode on Windows.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the virtual machine is a Player 3.x or later virtual machine.
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Verify that the latest version of VMware Tools is installed in the guest operating system.
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Verify that the guest operating system is Linux or Windows 2000 or later.
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For Linux guests and hosts, verify that a modern version of Metacity or KDE is installed. Performance on
Linux depends on a combination of variables such as the system, the applications that are running, and
the amount of RAM.
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Power on the virtual machine.
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If you are entering Unity mode, open applications in the virtual machine to use in Unity mode.
Procedure
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To enter Unity mode, select Virtual Machine > Enter Unity.
The console view in the Player window is hidden, and open applications appear in application windows
on the host system desktop. A check mark appears next to Unity in the menu.
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To display the virtual machine Start menu on a Windows host system, point to the Start menu on a
Windows host system.
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To display the virtual machine Applications menu on a Linux host system, point to the upper-left corner
of the primary monitor on the Linux host system.
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To navigate between multiple Start or Applications menus when multiple virtual machines are in Unity
mode, press the arrow keys, Tab, or Shift+Tab to cycle through the virtual machine menus and press Enter
and the spacebar to select a virtual machine.
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To exit Unity mode, display the Player window and click Exit Unity in the virtual machine console view.
Set Preferences for Unity Mode
You can set preferences for Unity mode to control whether that the virtual machine Start or Applications menu
is available from the host system desktop. You can also select the border color that appears around applications
that run in Unity mode when they appear on the host system desktop.
When you use the virtual machine Start or Applications menu from the host system desktop, you can start
applications in the virtual machine that are not open in Unity mode. If you do not enable this feature, you must
exit Unity mode to display the virtual machine Start or Applications menu in the console view.
Procedure
1 Select the virtual machine and select Virtual Machine > Virtual Machine Settings.
2 On the Options, select Unity.
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