I'm new to VMware and I cannot get VMplayer to recognize the USB drives in my guests systems.
Host System: Windows 7 Ultimate running on Dell 15SR
Guest Systems: Windows 8 and Windows XP
Is the USB option set in the guest systems? Yes. Set to 2.0.
Is the USB Aribrtation Service started in the host system? Yes.
Does the VM have focus? Yes.
The crazy thing is that when play a VM I get a notice listing all the USB devices attached to my system and warning me that I can only have them activated in either guest or host and that listing is correct. However, these USB removable devices do not appear under Manange>Hardware nor do they appear in device manager on any other part of the VM.
When I plug in a USB device the host always grabs it.