(Fedora: Lesson 21)

{ Fixing VMWare Player Erratic Mouse Grab or Un-Grab }

1. What is the scenario? 
   • With newer versions of VMware Player and older versions of operating systems, the mouse behaves erratically.
   • Although I can make an educated guess, I am not going to pretend to explain the linkage between the mouse dlls and VMware player library to tell you why this erratic behavior occurs. 
   • However, I can definitely show you how to fix it. 
   
   
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• Note: Make sure all your VMware Player Instances are either OFF -or- SUSPENDED.

1. Start VMware Player
   • Instructions
     1. For Windows 7
        1. Click Start Button
        2. Search for "vmware player"
        3. Click VMware Player
     2. For Windows XP
        • Starts --> Programs --> VMware Player
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2. Edit Fedora14 Virtual Machine Settings
   • Instructions:
     1. Highlight Fedora14
     2. Click Edit virtual machine settings
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3. Copy Virtual Machine Working Directory
   • Instructions:
     1. Click the Options Tab
     2. Click on General
     3. Highlight and Right Click on the Working Directory
        • In my case, I highlighted G:\VMs\fedora14
     4. Select Copy
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4. Close Virtual Machine Settings
   • Instructions:
     1. Click the OK Button
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1. Open Notepad
   • Instructions:
     1. Click the Windows Start Button
     2. Search for Notepad
     3. Click on Notepad
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2. Open a File
   • Instructions:
     1. File --> Open
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3. Open VMware Virtual Machine Configuration (.vmx)
   • Instructions:
     1. Paste or Navigate to your VM Location
        • In my case, G:\VMs\fedora14
        • See Section 1 Step 3
     2. Make sure All Files (*.*) is selected
     3. Click on your VMware virtual machine configuration File
        • In my case, fedora14.vmx
        • If your file extension is not turned on, then select the file by Type (VMware virtual machine configuration)
     4. Click the Open button
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4. Add Mouse Configuration Lines
   • Instructions:
     1. Add the follow two lines immediately after the first line
        • vmmouse.present = "FALSE"
        • mouse.vusb.enable = "FALSE"
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5. Save File
   • Instructions:
     1. File --> Save
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1. Open Notepad
   • Instructions:
     1. Click the Windows Start Button
     2. Search for Notepad
     3. Click on Notepad
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2. Open a File
   • Instructions:
     1. File --> Open
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3. Open the VMware preferences.ini file
   • Instructions:
     1. Navigate to C:\users\[User]\AppData\Roaming\VMWARE\preferences
        • In my case, C:\Users\student\AppData\Roaming\VMware
     2. Make sure All Files (*.*) is selected
     3. Click on preferences.ini
     4. Click the Open button
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4. Add Motion Grab Configuration Lines
   • Instructions:
     1. Add the follow two lines immediately after the first line
        • pref.motionGrab = "FALSE"
        • pref.motionUngrab = "FALSE"
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5. Save File (preferences.ini)
   • Instructions:
     1. File --> Save
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