Setting up shared folders in Ubuntu virtual machine of VMWare14.0.0

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Note: The VMWare version used here is 14.0.0, but the method to be described below is actually tested and available in earlier versions.

1. Click "Virtual Machine" and "Settings" in the upper left corner of the VMWare window, as shown in Figure 1

Figure 1

2. In the pop-up dialog box, click "Options", "Shared Folders", and "Next"

Figure 2

3. Select the folder path to be shared and fill in the name.

Figure 3

4. After completion, it will be as shown in Figure 4 (I have already added a common folder before, so I will not add it again here)

Figure 4

5. Important part: Enter the virtual machine and install VMware Tools

As shown in Figure 5, click "Virtual Machine" and "Reinstall VMware Tools" in sequence. I have installed it before, so if you have not installed it before, it should not be a "re" installation, so there is no difference.

Figure 5

6. A virtual CD-ROM drive window will pop up. Right click and click "Open in Terminal"

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7. Copy it to another directory, such as the new directory here, and delete it after the installation is complete.

cp -r * ~/here
cd ~/here

8. Unzip -> enter the installation program directory -> execute the installation:

 tar zxvf VMwareTools-10.1.15-6627299.tar.gz
 cd vmware-tools-distrib/
 ./vmware-install.pl 

Figure 8

9. At this point, you should be able to see the shared folder share under Windows that you just set up in the virtual machine under /mnt/hgfs/:

Fig. 9

10. If there is no shared folder under /mnt/hgfs/ in the above step - don't worry, just add another command:

vmhgfs-fuse .host:// /mnt/hgfs/

At this time, put your files under Windows into the shared folder share, then go back to Ubuntu, cd to /mnt/hgfs/share, and you can see these shared files.

Note: You can create a soft link to the home directory to facilitate access to the shared directory:

cd /mnt/hgfs
ln -s /mnt/hgfs/share/ ~/share 

Figure 10-1

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Then, when you want to access the shared directory, just type cd share in your home directory.

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