While preparing a Windows guest for installation, VMware Tools runs the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package installer which checks for the presence of a more recent version on the guest. The Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable package is a prerequisite for installing VMware Tools for Windows 11.3.0 and ships with the VMware Tools 11.3.0 download package.windows.iso supports Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and later.VMware Tools 11.3.0 supports the following guest operating systems:.For earlier releases of VMware Tools, see the VMware Tools Documentation page.The VMCI driver cannot be disabled because the VMware Tools System service functionality depends on it. If the user had disabled the VMCI driver in the setup settings during a previous installation, VMware Tools automatically re-installs VMCI driver during the upgrade. The VMCI driver is installed by default as part of VMware Tools installation.This feature is available only on VMware Remote Console and Web Console. The user can enable or disable this notification display in the Window's VM's system settings. When a VMware Tools component is installed or upgraded, a notification is displayed to the user to restart the system.A new command line option ' /pv' is added in the VMware Tools setup.exe to show the package versions that it will install.

For more details about the GlobalConf feature, see Distribute VMware Tools Configuration at Scale for Windows. When GlobalConf feature related settings are modified in the VMware Tools Configuration file (nf), the VMware Tools System service (vmsvc) does not need to restart.Installation and Upgrades for This Release.Guest Operating System Customization Support.What's in the Release Notes The release notes cover the following topics:

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