Host - openSUSE Tumbleweed
Guest: Windows 8.1 fully updated
VMware WS 11.1
Its been the cased for some time that when I go to Upgrade VMware Tools on my Windows 8.1 (originally created using WS 10.x) I get the message "VMware Tools Unavailable" (greyed out) instead of Install, Reinstgall or Upgrade Tools". No other VM's have this problem - including Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7 and Windows Server Technical Preview. All Linux VMs don't have this - indeed I've never seen it it in any version of WS.
Has anybody else seen this. Is there a workaround?
Mystified.