Configuration File Location
VMware Tools uses a configuration file called
tools.conf
to
configure different operations such as logging, upgrade, guest info, and so on. Admins can
configure VMware Tools by editing this tools.conf
file.Configuration File
Location
The table lists down the location of configuration file for various Guest
OSs:
Guest OS | Path [1] |
---|---|
Windows XP, Windows Server 2000, and Windows Server 2003 | C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\VMware\VMware Tools\tools.conf [2] |
Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD | /etc/vmware-tools/tools.conf |
FreeBSD with open-vm-tools 10.1.x or later | /usr/local/share/vmware-tools/tools.conf |
Mac OS X | /Library/Application Support/VMware
Tools/tools.conf |
- If the configuration file does not exist, create it.
- The Application Data folder is hidden.
- You can edit this file as Administrator.For example: Right clickStart > All Programs > Accessories > Notepadand selectRun as administrator.
- The Program Data folder is hidden
There is no need to restart the
tools service when the file is edited. The tools service will check this file
every 5 seconds (by default) for changes and apply them.
Example Configuration
File
VMware Tools installs an example
configuration file in the same directory as the location for
tools.conf
. This file lists the available options with possible
values but commented out (with a leading '#' character), together with a
description. If you want to change the options, uncomment them and copy this file to
tools.conf
, or copy parts of it into the
tools.conf
file.