System info: Mac Mini running Mavericks 10.9.5
VMWare info: VMware Fusion Version 6.0.5 (2209127) running Windows 8.1
Additional Hardware: Dell S2340T touchscreen capable monitor
Problem Summary: I am forced to manually connect the USB devices that represent the monitor's touchscreen function and webcam each time the VMware app is launched. Cannot make the devices automatically reconnect.
Problem Details: There is a Dell S2340T touchscreen monitor connected to the Mac Mini with an HDMI cable for audio/video and a USB cable that enables the touchscreen function. When VMware is launched, the Windows OS loads, and there are three devices that need to be connected under the USB & Bluetooth menu:
-Connect Input Device (touch screen function)
-Connect Realtek DELL S2340T Webcam
-Connect DisplayLink DELL S2340T USB (rear USB input on monitor?)
Once the box next to Connect Input Device is checked the touch screen function in Windows 8 VM works, and the same with the webcam. However if I need to log out of the Mac or re-launch VMware I need to go back to the Virtual Machine menu->USB & Bluetooth and check boxes next to the three devices. I have already went into the USB Settings and have all three devices set to Connect to Windows, but it made no difference if that option was set to Ask or Connect to Macintosh.
I have tried editing the .VMX file and added the following lines with no difference
usb.autoConnect.device0 = "0x0dba:0x570a"
usb.autoConnect.device1 = "0x17e9:0x4312"
usb.autoConnect.device2 = "0x15ad:0x0740"
Also tried using usb.quirks.device instead of usb.autoConnect and usb.generic.allHID = TRUE which was no help either.
VMware phone support told me that I would need to manually check the boxes for those devices each time the OS runs, and no way to automate that. If anyone has a suggestion or a known fix, please respond to the discussion, thanks in advance for any insight.