All dates are UK DD/MM/YY format.
Please redownload the unlocker as VMware have announced and fixed a vulnerability in VMware Tools across macOS, Linux and Windows guests. The unlocker has been updated with the latest ISOs which fix the issue. Alternatively download the tools directly from VMware https://vmware.com/go/tools.
drdonk
- Update VMware tools as CVE vuklnerability in earlier versions
drdonk:
- Tidy up of code
- Removed template VMs
- Added macOS recovery VMDK utility
drdonk
- Added dumpsmc to release build as useful for diagnostic info
- SMC text labels for private and public key count incorrectly swapped
- Add wait for key press to hostcaps
- Updated cpuid binaries from http://github.com/drdonk/cpuid
- Build process updated to make it more automatedbuilding
- Added TAR Gzipped distribution file for Linux
drdonk
- Changes to templates to disable webcam in VM
- Removed files from templates that are generated when VM is first opened to ensure uniqueness of VMs.
- New templates with good defaults for different versions of VMware and macOS guests
- Remove some duplicate messages in executables
- Removed a marker in patches as never used (KPPW/KPST)
- Wiki now source of more dynamic informtion such as Ventura supoort
samhocevar
- Check for vmware-vmx-stats file exists before trying to patch
SimPilotAdamT
- Clarification on using AUR with Unlocker
drdonk
- VMware Tools 12.1.0 - last VMware tools for macOS to be released
- Template VMs for Intel and AMD CPUs with sensible defaults and preformatted HFS+J virtual disk
drdonk
- Re-worked README.md file
- Updated darwin.iso to version 12.0.6
- relock restarts Windows services unpatching fails
- Initial changes for 22H2 tech previews. New Windows service for auto-starting VMs needs to be stopped and started
- Ensure using bash and fix dist folder creation in the source code build scripts fro Linux/macOS
drdonk:
- Missing message when removing ISOs in relock
- Updated darwin.iso to version 12.0.5
drdonk:
- Split unlocker.exe into 2 new files unlock.exe and relock.exe so can be directly executed on Windows without having to pass a parameter to install or uninstall
- Added Windows manifest to allow the executables to directly run as Administrator without using re-spawn code
- Minimize false AV detection especially Windows Defender
- Added a new command to check the status of the patching called check.exe
- Fix to restarting vmware-tray.exe on Windows which had the wrong working directory
drdonk:
- Update VMware Tools to version 12.0.0
drdonk:
- Fix stopping/starting services on Windows due to service dependencies
drdonk:
- Fix copying of VMware tools ISO to the VMware installation folder
- Added a new troubleshooting page
- Updated copyright to 2022
Changed version to 4.1.0 due to the large number of changes to code submitted by boostchicken. Thanks to boostchicken for the fixes and improvements to the code.
boostchicken:
- Refactor to be more go like
- Fix vmware-shell-ext-thunker.exe preventing patching on windows
- Fixed header offset bug and binpack allocs
- Cleaned up logic regarding restoring backups or not
- Elevate permissions on Windows automatically
drdonk:
- Key press message changed to correct input of enter key
- Build macOS dumpsmc executable
- Initial release