Can I completely hide toolbar in VMware Workstation?

Question

I have been experimenting with VMware workstation. When I autohide the toolbar at the top, it leaves a 1 pixel sliver. While this is functional, my OCD is bugging me. Is there a way to totally hide the toolbar?

Answer 1

If this is a desktop machine, you can try adjusting the positioning of your LCD monitor to shift one pixel up.... but, the only other way I know of is:

Go to "Quick Switch" mode, then you can go to the menu bar and select View and deselect tabs.

This will give you a screen with no borders at all, but you can still get to a menu at the top of the screen, however, you loose the quick switch ability... but, it should do what you want!

Answer 2

Took me a little searching to find the answer to this because I didn't want to change the position of my screens. If you go to Edit > Preferences > Display > Uncheck "Show toolbar edge when unpinned in full screen" you'll be all set!

Answer 3

Go fullscreen, then select View -> Exclusive Mode from the menu.

You can press the host key (default Ctrl+Alt) to get out of it.

Answer 4

For VMWare Player users, you can edit the preferences file at C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Roaming\VMware and add:

pref.vmplayer.fullscreen.nobar = "TRUE"