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Custom VMware Tools Scripts for Windows

For Windows guest operating systems, you can write scripts to automate guest operating system operations when you change the power state of a virtual machine.
For Windows guest operating systems, you can write new scripts or modify default scripts, save them with new names, and configure VMware Tools to use your custom script instead of the default script.
Scripts are run by the VMware Tools service, or daemon (
vmtoolsd
). Because
vmtoolsd
 is run as System on Windows, the scripts are run in a separate session from the session of the logged-in user. The VMware Tools daemon does not detect desktop sessions, which means that it cannot display graphical applications. Do not attempt to use custom scripts to display graphical applications.
You cannot run scripts on NetWare, Windows NT, Me, Windows 98, and Windows 95 guest operating systems.
  1. Write a new script or modify default scripts and save them as
    .bat
     files with new names.
    The default scripts for power-on and power-off operations are placeholders only. These scripts are located in the
    Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools
     directory.
    The scripts for suspend and resume operations contain a line that releases or renews the IP address for the virtual machine. You must add this line first when you write custom scripts for these operations.
    Default Script
    Required IP Address Line
    suspend
    @%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\ipconfig /release
    resume
    @%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\ipconfig /renew
  2. Open a command prompt in the guest operating system.
  3. Change directories to the VMware Tools installation directory.
    The default installation directory is
    C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools
    .
  4. Type the command to enable the script. 
    
            
    VMwareToolboxCmd.exe
     script 
    script-name
     enable
  5. Type the command to use the custom script that you created. 
    
            
    VMwareToolboxCmd.exe
     script 
    script-name
     set 
    script-path
    For
    script-path
    , use the full path to the file, such as
    C:\Temp\poweron-my-vm.bat
    .
  6. Type the command to verify that the custom script that you specified is now being used. 
    
            
    VMwareToolboxCmd.exe
     script 
    script-name
     current
The VMware Tools service runs the script whenever the specified power operation occurs.

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