
Using the Copy and Paste Feature
You can cut, copy, and paste text between virtual machines and between applications running in virtual
machines.
You can also cut, copy, and paste images, plain text, formatted text, and email attachments between
applications running on the host system and applications running in virtual machines.
Copying and pasting email attachments is especially useful in Unity mode. Use the normal hot keys or
menu choices to cut or copy and paste.
Copy and Paste Requirements and Restrictions
The copy and paste feature has certain requirements and restrictions.
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You must install VMware Tools in a virtual machine to use the copy and paste feature.
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The copy and paste feature works with Linux and Windows hosts and Linux, Windows, and Solaris 10
guests only.
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The copy and paste feature requires Linux hosts and guests to run X Windows and Solaris 10 guests to
run an Xorg X server and JDS/Gnome.
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Copying and pasting email attachments is restricted to images or files smaller than 4MB.
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Copying and pasting plain text and formatted text (including the formatting) is restricted to amounts
less than 4MB.
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Copying and pasting text is restricted to text in languages that can be represented by Unicode
characters.
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Player uses the PNG format to encode images that are copied and pasted. Copying and pasting images
is restricted to images smaller than 4MB after conversion to PNG format.
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You cannot copy and paste files between virtual machines.
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On Windows 95 and Windows 98 guests, copying and pasting is restricted to plain text in amounts less
than 64KB.
Using Shared Folders
You can use shared folders to share files among virtual machines and between virtual machines and the host
system. The directories that you add as shared folders can be on the host system, or they can be network
directories that are accessible from the host computer.
IMPORTANT You cannot open a file in a shared folder from more than one application at a time. For example,
do not open the same file in an application on the host operating system and in another application in the
guest operating system. If one of the applications writes to the file, data might be corrupted.
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Guest Operating Systems that Support Shared Folders on page 47
To use shared folders, a virtual machine must have a supported guest operating system.
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Enable a Shared Folder for a Virtual Machine on page 47
You can enable folder sharing for a specific virtual machine. To set up a folder for sharing between
virtual machines, you must configure each virtual machine to use the same directory on the host
system or network share.
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View Shared Folders in a Windows Guest on page 48
In a Windows guest operating system, you can view shared folders by using desktop icons.
Getting Started with VMware Player
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