add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade # get a coffee
reboot

also vm ware problems with past versions are fixed and the recommended thing to do is Open-VM-Tools instead of VMware Tools

apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop fuse
reboot