{"id":5785,"date":"2012-09-03T22:21:02","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T03:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/?p=5785"},"modified":"2012-09-15T09:55:17","modified_gmt":"2012-09-15T14:55:17","slug":"vmplayer-setup-share-folder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/?p=5785","title":{"rendered":"VMPlayer: Setup Shared Folder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='toc wptoc'>\n<h2>Contents<\/h2>\n<ol class='toc-odd level-1'>\n\t<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"#On_the_Windows_Machine\">On the Windows Machine<\/a>\n\t\t<ol class='toc-even level-2'>\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#Create_Shared_Folder\">Create Shared Folder<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ol>\n\t<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"#On_VMPlayer\">On VMPlayer<\/a>\n\t\t<ol class='toc-even level-2'>\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#Setup_and_Enable_Shared_Folder\">Setup and Enable Shared Folder<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#On_Guest_VM\">On Guest VM<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div class='wptoc-end'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<span id=\"On_the_Windows_Machine\"><h2>On the Windows Machine<\/h2><\/span>\n<span id=\"Create_Shared_Folder\"><h3>Create Shared Folder<\/h3><\/span>\n<p>* Follow <a href=\"?p=4304#On_the_Windows_Machine\">this post<\/a> to setup a shared folder, e.g. <strong>c:\\vmshare<\/strong>, on Windows machine.<\/p>\n<span id=\"On_VMPlayer\"><h2>On VMPlayer<\/h2><\/span>\n<span id=\"Setup_and_Enable_Shared_Folder\"><h3>Setup and Enable Shared Folder<\/h3><\/span>\n<p>* Select VM machine<br \/>\n* Click <em>Edit virtual macine settings<\/em><br \/>\n* Select <em>Options<\/em> tab<br \/>\n* Select <em>Shared Folders > Always enabled<\/em><br \/>\n* Click <em>Add&#8230;<\/em> button<\/p>\n<span id=\"\"><h6><a href=\"https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_enable.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_enable-300x276.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"vmware_shared_folder_enable\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_enable-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_enable.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6><\/span>\n<p>* Browse to the shared folder created previously and click <em>OK<\/em> button.<\/p>\n<span id=\"_1\"><h6><a href=\"https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_add.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_add-292x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"vmware_shared_folder_add\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_add-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_add.jpg 382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a><\/h6><\/span>\n<p>* Name the shared folder, e.g. <strong>vmshare<\/strong> and click <em>Next<\/em><\/p>\n<span id=\"_2\"><h6><a href=\"https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_add_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_add_2-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"vmware_shared_folder_add_2\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_add_2-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_add_2.jpg 507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6><\/span>\n<p>* Make sure <em>Enable this share<\/em> is checked before click <em>Finish<\/em> button:<\/p>\n<span id=\"_3\"><h6><a href=\"https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_add_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_add_3-300x274.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"vmware_shared_folder_add_3\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_add_3-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_add_3.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6><\/span>\n<span id=\"_4\"><h6><a href=\"https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_enable_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_enable_2-300x274.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"vmware_shared_folder_enable_2\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_enable_2-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_enable_2.jpg 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6><\/span>\n<span id=\"On_Guest_VM\"><h3>On Guest VM<\/h3><\/span>\n<p>* Start VM and login as a user<br \/>\n* Change directory to <em>\/mnt\/hgfs<\/em><br \/>\n* Shared folder should have been automatically mounted as<\/p>\n<span id=\"_5\"><h6><a href=\"https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_mnt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_mnt-300x71.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"vmware_shared_folder_mnt\" width=\"300\" height=\"71\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_mnt-300x71.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jianmingli.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vmware_shared_folder_mnt.jpg 437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6><\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the Windows Machine Create Shared Folder * Follow this post to setup a shared folder, e.g. c:\\vmshare, on Windows machine. 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