Note: If your Hyper-V host is a Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 computer, you can skip this step because Enhanced Session Mode is enabled by default.ġ. This part introduces how to copy and paste on virtual machines of Hyper-V. How to enable copy and paste in Hyper-V enhanced session mode After the setup, you can now power on the VM and use your clipboard on it. This is how to copy and paste on virtual machines of VMware ESXi. Fill in the Name and Value fields with the following values: Nameģ. Click Add Configuration Params 3 times and it will add 3 new rows. Navigate to Summary tab > Edit Settings > VM Options > Advanced and click Edit Configuration.Ģ. Access vSphere Web Client and power off the target VM. If you are using VMware ESXi, the conifguration steps are different:ġ. How to enable copy and paste on VMware ESXi virtual machine Then you can copy and paste text between the host machine and the virtual machine. Navigate to Options tab > Guest Isolation, check Enable copy and paste option and click OK to save. Launch VMware Workstation, select the target VM (no need to power on it), right-click on its name and select Settings…Ģ. How to copy text from virtual machine to local machine or vice versa? If you are using VMware Workstation, try following steps:ġ. How to enable copy and paste on VMware Workstation virtual machine *If you want to do it on VirtualBox, you can refer to: copy and paste on VirtualBox. It is different from copying file to VMs. In this article, I will introduce how to copy and paste text between local machine and VMware or Hyper-V virtual machines. If you find yourself cannot copy text from virtual machine to local machine or vice versa, it may because you haven’t set it properly. Actually, to improve efficiency, many hypervisor vendors add features that enable copy and paste on virtual machines. Many users wonder how to copy and paste on virtual machine, or can they do it between local and VMs directly. Can you copy and paste between local and virtual machines?

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