What is thnuclnt, vmware

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00:00 What Is Thnuclnt, Vmware
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 14

That process is used for VMware's virtual printing feature. They sit around waiting for data from virtual machines. (You can quit them with Activity Monitor if they're in the way, with no ill effects.)

ANSWER 2

Score 7

If you have any VMware Fusion guests running, open up the Settings -> Printers and disable this feature. This usually will stop the thnuclnt service.

ANSWER 3

Score 1

A VMware Communities post gives a conclusion that it's part of VMware Fusion:

VMware Communities: XP SP3 VM hangs/shuts down, hangs Fusion

8 posts - 3 authors - Last post: 9 Sep 2008

... Support/VMware Fusion/thnuclnt/thnuclnt -pdir /var/folders/i5/i5P1vGYhFAWhTofyodWXTk+++TI/-Tmp-//vmware-rg/thnuclnt-1520 -fg

communities.vmware.com/thread/166982