Back / Forward mouse buttons do not work in VMWare Workstation 6.5 Guest OS

Back / Forward mouse buttons do not work in VMWare Workstation 6.5 Guest OS I am using a Logitech G9 mouse and running VMWare Workstation 6.5.3 on Vista x64. The guest OS is Win XP, and has the most current version of VMWare Tools installed. Left / right buttons and mouse wheel scrolling work fine in the guest OS, but the back / forward buttons are apparently not recognized.
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Total answers/comments: 5

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Guest [Entry]

"After adding
usb.generic.allowHID = TRUE
to the vmx file, just enable USB for that VM and then go to the Hardware Manager (guest system) and ""scan for hardware changes"". New USB Devices will then be recognized by the VM and after that your back/forward buttons should work without deactivating the mouse in the host system."

Guest [Entry]

"For workstation 10 you need another line in you .vmx than the previous suggestions. Now it's:

usb.generic.allowHID = ""TRUE""
mouse.vusb.enable = ""TRUE""
mouse.vusb.useBasicMouse = ""FALSE""

communities.vmware.com/message/2328267#2328267"

Guest [Entry]

"as 2018:

This is a known bug of VMWare but still not solved.

I tried all of the answers. None of them worked for windows 10 under VMWare 14.1.3

Downgrading to VMWare 12.0.1 solved my problem."

Guest [Entry]

"Add this parameter in your VM's VMX file.

usb.generic.allowHID = TRUE

Your buttons should now work - no installation of logitech software or anything required."

Guest [Entry]

"For Windows host use AutoHotKey to change mouse button mapping:

XButton1 :: !^+{NumpadLeft}
XButton2 :: !^+{NumpadRight}

Then in guest OS map them back:

!^+{NumpadLeft} :: XButton1
!^+{NumpadRight} :: XButton2"