Using VMware Tools Configuration
File
VMware Tools uses a configuration file called
tools.conf
to
configure different operations such as logging, upgrade, guest info, and so on. Configuration File
Location
Administrators can configure VMware Tools
by editing this
tools.conf
file. For example: Right click
Start
> All Programs > Accessories > Notepad
and select
Run as administrator
.- If the configuration file does not exist, you can create it.
- TheApplication Datafolder is hidden.
- TheProgram Datafolder 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.
The table provides 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 |
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.