Vmware Player 17 [new] Jun 2026

Press Ctrl + Alt to release. For permanent fix, ensure VMware Tools is installed. If still broken in Linux guests, disable "Mouse Integration" under the "Player" menu.

VMware Player 17 is a desktop virtualization application that allows you to run a "guest" operating system inside a window on your "host" operating system. Think of it as a computer within a computer. You can run Linux on a Windows laptop, or Windows 11 on a Linux desktop, simultaneously and without the need to dual-boot. vmware player 17

: While the hypervisor needs little, you should have enough RAM for both the host and the guest OS. Typical assignments range from 4 GB up to 64 GB for powerful VMs. Press Ctrl + Alt to release