I have all the latest updates installed for VMware. Catalina is fully updated. My USB devices do not work even though they show up under System Preferences->USB.
If I change the controller in VMware from 3.0 to 2.0, I get better results, but still have problems. I tried 1.1, and I got an error saying that Catalina would try to connect it to the appropriate controller.
Using 3.0, the devices show up under the VMWare USB 3.0, and likewise when downgrading. They just don't work or function.
I have reinstalled the VMware Tools. VMware has full security in the Security & Prefs tabs. I even ran spctl --master-disable and re-ran the latest tools and rebooted. Still no work.
What else can I do?
I am using an Intel Chipset, Intel Core i7 8th gen, all drivers for USB and Chipset are from Intel.com and are current (I've checked). That's the specs for my host computer for VMware. The Guest on my host is Catalina.