VMWare - Copy and Paste from Console to VM On any Powered Off VM, click the " Advanced Parameters " tab. Click filter icon of Attribute column. Search for 3 items' names, check if they already exist. If yes, edit their corresponding values. If not, add them from the textboxs above. Name Value isolation.tools.copy.disable FALSE isolation.tools.paste.disable FALSE isolation.tools.setGUIOptions.enable TRUE Click " OK ". Power on the VM Then use Copy/Paste directly on Windows/Linux/any other platform.