I use share folder in VMware workstation, host Windows 11, guest:Ubuntu.
The problem is the sometime (maybe when I restart the host, the share folder doesn't exist in /mnt/ so I need to disable and enable the share folder using VMware setting and then the share folder works again.
Is there any simple way ?
If you click the Map as a network drive in windows guests option, all the shared folders in This PC will be displayed as a Map Drive (it is better to activate this option for your convenience)
If you want to see your folders from inside the virtual machine, just go to This PC and look in the Network Location section.
guest:Ubuntu. package requirements may require installing the following tools:
sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop open-vm-tools
A series of friends say that these things are also necessary:
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-virtual module-assistant linux-image-virtual && dpkg-reconfigure open-vm-tools
If you don't see your shared folders (automounted) inside /mnt/hgfs , run VMware configuration tools:
sudo vmware-config-tools.pl -d --clobber-kernel-modules=vmhgfs
and run:vmware-hgfsclient then view /mnt content with ll /mnt/
And finally
Make sure the /mnt/hgfs directory exists and update your fstab using the details below, If not, create it.
Add the following line to nano /etc/fstab:
vmhgfs-fuse /mnt/hgfs fuse defaults,allow_other 0 0
