2013年11月19日 星期二

VMware Player & vmnetcfg.exe

VMware Player is a very useful tool for evaluating software products. However, if you want to create a LAN lab, you'll need vmnetcfg.exe which you can find in VMware Workstation.

First, please make sure VMware Player and VMware Workstation are the last versions.

1. Run "Command Prompt".
2. Change directory to your download folder.
3. Type "VMware-workstation-full-10.0.1-1379776.exe /e .\temp".
4. Change directory to \temp folder.
5. Type "expand core.cab -F:vmnetcfg.exe .".
6. Type "expand core.cab -F:_vmnetcfglib.dll .".
7. Change file name "_vmnetcfglib.dll" to "vmnetcfglib.dll".
8. Copy "vmnetcfg.exe" and "vmnetcfglib.dll" to VMware Player installed folder. (default: C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player)
9. Run "vmnetcfg.exe".