Ubuntu – how to share a folder between WIN10 and ubuntu installed with VMWare 12

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How can I share a folder between WIN10,on which I installed VMware Workstation (12.1.0 Player for Windows)?

It is working well together, but useful to share documents in between 2 OS.

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Best Answer

Step-by-step instructions on how to share a Windows folder under Ubuntu 17.04

  1. Under Windows create a shared folder, say winshare, and enable it in the VM config.
  2. In the VM install open-vm-tools with sudo apt install open-vm-tools
  3. Create a folder on your desktop with mkdir ~/Desktop/share

  4. Add the following line to your .bashrc:

    mountpoint -q ~/Desktop/share || vmhgfs-fuse .host:/winshare ~/Desktop/share

And that's it!

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