Install VMware Tools on Windows Server 1803 (core operating system)

Windows Server 1803 the semi-annual version of Windows Server comes by default with no user interface.

This may be a bit of a confusion when you first install the server and want to install VMware tools.

Although there is no GUI you can still click to install the VMware tools, and swap to the CD-ROM drive by using D: or the appropriate drive letter.

You can then type setup and the installation GUI will proceed as normal.


If you are in a PowerShell window (rather than a standard command prompt) typing setup will display the following error

The Setup command may only be used inside a Describe block.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Pester\3.4.0\Functions\Describe.ps1:125 char:9
+         throw "The $CommandName command may only be used inside a Des ...
+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : OperationStopped: (The Setup comma...Describe block.:String) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : The Setup command may only be used inside a Describe block.



Instead start the command with .\setup.exe




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