Kali Copy/Paste not working in VMware Workstation 12

solution found on following url 
http://securityblog.gr/3229/cannot-copypaste-on-kali-and-vmware-workstation-12/



1. uninstall vmware-tools (if installed)
$ sudo /usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl

2. Install VM Tools
$ sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools 
$ sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop 

3. restart Kali 
$ sudo init 6