Update VMware Tools via Windows System Tray when set disabled

You need to download the VMX file for the VM, edit it, and stick that at the end.

If you paste this from here beaware you’ll need to retype the ” that are surrounding the FALSE, because in the copy process it messes them up for some reason.

isolation.tools.guestInitiatedUpgrade.disable = “FALSE”

http://www.boche.net/blog/index.php/2012/05/31/update-vmware-tools-via-windows-system-tray/