Let me throw some light on the use cases - if you just have one box and you want to leverage that for VM's that are for demo/training or to get a feel of things then VM Workstation is a good fit. Worst of all it worked.Lots of good information on this topic explaining ESXi being a Type 1/Bare metal vs VMware Workstation Type2/sit on top of OS. P.S.: Sometimes software companies try to test whether their end users are intelligent or not by making their lives miserable and sending them in wild goose chase. The vmware tools exe was seen inside the guest os and installation was as usual. Mounted the *.iso file to cd/dvd drive in the vmware console. These packages support the following operating systems: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and later Registered my name and downloaded vmware tools separately. Then after much research found this page:
I had the same problem in Vmware Workstation pro 16. Hopefully, this helped you fix your installation just as it did for me. If this doesn't work, you can try to manually download the VMWare Tools ISO, mount it in a virtual drive and install it. You will also see a new tab at the bottom of the screen prompting you to install the tools. Click on it to begin the VMware installation. The option to install VMware tools should no longer be grayed out. Once it has booted to the desktop, click on the menu at the top left corner and go to "Player > Manage > Install VMWare Tools".Click on "OK" to close the window, and Start the VM as usual.(Previously, it had the Windows ISO selected) The right pane should now have the option "Use Physical Drive > Auto Detect" enabled. Click on the "Add button" and select "CD/DVD" Drive and select finish.(Technically optional, but this is what fixed it for me. Repeat the above step to remove the Floppy Drive.
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