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Using the VMware Tools Control Panel

The VMware Tools control panel is organized in a set of tabs:

Displaying the VMware Tools Control Panel

In a Linux or FreeBSD guest operating system, the VMware Tools control panel is called vmware-toolbox. You can launch it manually as a background process from a terminal using
vmware-toolbox &

With some window managers, you can place the command to start VMware Tools in a startup configuration so VMware Tools starts automatically when you start your graphical environment. Consult your window manager's documentation for details.

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