What's New​

• This release contains bug fixes.

Important Fixes

• Cannot copy and paste on a guest virtual machine from a host machine

  
  In VMware Workstation 16.2.1 Pro, when you try to copy and paste from the host machine to the guest virtual machine, the Paste option in the Edit menu is unavailable.
   

  Note: For a local virtual machine, you can enable or disable the paste option in the virtual machine settings under Guest Isolation. For a remote virtual machine, the paste option is always enabled by default.

  
  This issue is now resolved.
   

• Workstation Pro fails to launch on RHEL 8.4 host operating system

  
  When you install VMware Workstation 16.2.1 Pro on a RHEL 8.4 host operating system, the workstation fails to launch because of a compilation error in building vmmon and vmnet kernel module.

  
  This issue is now resolved.
   

• Workstation hangs while copying files from the host to the guest operating system

  
  When you try to copy a large number of small files from the host to the guest VM using Shared Folders, Workstation hangs.

  
  This issue is now resolved.

Product Support Notices

• The option to Virtualize a Physical Machine is removed from the Workstation File menu.

Prior Releases

Features and Known Issues from prior releases of VMware Workstation 16 Pro are described in the release notes for each release. To view the release notes for a prior release, click the appropriate link:
 

• VMware Workstation 16.2.2 Pro
• VMware Workstation 16.2.1 Pro