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Setting Up Shared Folders

Select: VM > Settings > Options > Share Folders

Note: To use shared folders, you must have the current version of VMware Tools installed in the guest operating system.

Shared folders provide an easy way to share files between virtual machines and between virtual machines and the host.

When adding and using shared folders:

To create a shared folder:

  1. Open a virtual machine and click its tab to make it the active virtual machine.
  2. Select VM > Settings > Options and click Shared folders.
  3. Click Add to add one or more folders to the list.
  4. On a Windows host, a wizard guides you through the process; on a Linux host, a dialog box appears. Enter the required information, then click OK.

    Provide the following information:

Note: You can use shared folders to share any type of file. However, Windows shortcuts and Linux symbolic links do not work correctly if you try to use them via shared folders.

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