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  • Note that this is a known issue - there's an issued with shared files not working in a Linux VM, and it seems similar components of that don't work with VMware at this time.
    – Thomas Ward
    Commented Mar 19, 2016 at 21:54
  • Solution here: superuser.com/a/1323289/347416 Commented May 16, 2018 at 17:07
  • I noticed this problem has to do with me using a different window manager. VM shared clipboard works fine using gdm3, but when I switched to DWM shared desktop no longer worked
    – Max Coplan
    Commented Sep 20, 2019 at 18:44