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This is a definitely a some kind of VMware Workstation/Player bug and needs to be solved by VMware ultimately. Some of them were marked as Solved but I think most of these solutions don’t solve this problem or at least solve until next time. There are many, many more threads like these. Workstation 14, Host (windows) to Guest (linux) Copy / Paste not working
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Solved: Copy paste not working in VMWare Workstation 15 Pro after the 15.0.3 update Workstation 15.0.4 Copy/Paste From Guest to Host not working Drag and Drop not working
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Solved: Windows 10 - Version 1903 - Freezing on Copying file Unfortunately this issue is very well known among community and affects many previous versions of VMware Workstation/Player:Ĭant copy/paste from guest to host - a very first and old threadĬopy/Paste Not Working To/From Ubuntu Guest OS VMWare Fusion 6 - macOS This is especially annoying as the clipboard is very useful in every day’s task (I suppose not only for me).
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In such case, if you copy something to the host’s clipboard, the guest’s clipboard can’t see it (and vice versa). If you sleep/hibernate your laptop, you may go to fullscreen mode with a game, then the issue sometimes may appear. Stops - it means sharing clipboard has been turned on in VM settings and usually it works when VM is newly started but it stops somehow when you use your computer for extender period of time, especially if you use sleep/hibernation.
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To control whether users can copy and paste text to and from the VM in a browser client session, see Overview of VM hardware and guest OS settings.If you used Windows 7 or you are using now Windows 10 and VMWare Workstation/Player with a Linux guest you may encounter the very prevalent issue when clipboard sharing suddenly stops working (between the host and guest). For Windows VMs, see Installing and upgrading VMware Tools on Windows VMs.For Linux VMs, see Installing and upgrading VMware Tools on Linux VMs.Make sure the most recent supported version of VMware Tools is installed on the VM otherwise, copy and paste may not function. If you don’t have a Skytap account, ask your instructor or administrator to check the VM copy and paste permissions for you.If you have a Skytap account and permission to view the VM settings, check the copy and paste permissions on the VM Settings page (see Overview of VM hardware and guest OS settings).The window you’re viewing may not be the active window.Ĭheck whether copy and paste has been disabled on the VM. Make sure you’ve used your mouse to click in the window you want to copy text from or paste text to.If no text is pasted or if text from a previous copy operation is pasted, try the copy operation again with a short pause before you press Ctrl+ C the second time.When using keyboard shortcuts to copy text from the VM to your local computer: Right-click and select Paste or press Ctrl+ V.A Success message displays in the VM Clipboard window. Right-click and select Copy or press Ctrl+ C to copy the text to your local clipboard.Highlight the text in the VM Clipboard window.Right-click and select Copy or press Ctrl+ C to copy the text to the VM Clipboard. To copy text from a VM to your local computer using the VM clipboard Vim doesn’t use the system clipboard-to paste text into vim, press Ctrl+ Shift+ V ( ⌘+ Shift+ V). Right-click and select Paste or press Ctrl+ V ( ⌘+ V if you’re using macOS). Right-click and select Paste or press Ctrl+ V ( ⌘+ V if you’re using macOS) to paste the text into the VM Clipboard.In the VM browser window, click to open the VM Clipboard view.
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This places the text on your local clipboard. Right-click and select Copy or press Ctrl+ C to copy the text. Highlight the text on your local computer.
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To copy text from your local computer to a VM using the VM clipboard If the VM Clipboard icon isn’t in the toolbar, you don’t have permission to copy and paste to the VM. This tool provides a staging area for copying text between the VM and your local computer. The SRA browser client toolbar contains a VM Clipboard tool that displays the contents of the VM keyboard. Press Ctrl+ V or right-click and select Paste.On your local computer, click where you want to paste the text.Highlight the text in the VM, and then press Ctrl+ C two times to copy the text.To copy text from a VM to your local computer There may be a short delay after you press Ctrl+ V before the text is pasted. In the VM, click where you want to paste the text.Right-click and select Copy, or press Ctrl+ C to copy the text. Using keyboard shortcuts To copy text from your local computer to a VM