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Setting Up Shared Folders

Note: To use shared folders, you must have the current version of VMware Tools installed in the guest operating system. For information on installing VMware Tools, see the User's Manual, available from the Help menu.

Shared folders provide an easy way to share files among virtual machines, and between virtual machines and the host.

When adding and using shared folders:

• The directories you add as shared folders may be on the host computer or they may be network directories accessible from the host computer. Whatever directories you choose to share, they must be accessible from the host computer.
• To share a folder between virtual machines, configure each virtual machine to use the same directory on the host system (or on the network).
• To use a shared folder in the guest operating system on a Windows host, open the drive letter that corresponds to the shared folder.

  For example, if you specify the name Test files for one of your shared folders and the designated drive letter for shared folders is V, that folder appears on your Windows guest as a network drive named V:\Test files. Use VMware Tools in the guest operating system to change drive letters.

• To use a shared folder in the guest operating system on a Linux host, navigate to /mnt/hgfs.

  For example, if you specify the name Test_files for one of your shared folders it would appear in your Linux guest as /mnt/hgfs/Test_files.

To create a shared folder:

1. Open a virtual machine and click its tab to make it the active virtual machine.
2. Choose VM > Settings > Options and click Shared folders.
3. Click Add to add one or more folders to the list.
4. On a Windows host, a wizard guides you through the process; on a Linux host, a dialog box appears. Enter the required information, then click OK.

   Provide the following information:

   • The name for the directory. This is the name that appears inside the virtual machine.
   • The path on the host to the directory you want to share. Type in the full path or browse to the directory.
   • Whether or not the shared folder is enabled. You may want to add a folder to the list without enabling it immediately. You can then enable the folder at any time by clicking its name in this list, clicking Properties and enabling the folder in the Properties dialog box.
   • Whether or not the shared folder is read-only. If a shared folder is set to read-only, the current virtual machine can only view and copy files on the shared folder and cannot make changes to the shared folder and its contents.

     Note: Access to files in the shared folder is also governed by permission settings on the host computer. For example, if you are running VMware Workstation as a user named User, the virtual machine can read and write files in the shared folder only if User has permission to read and write them.

   • Whether or not to disable the shared folder when the virtual machine is powered off or suspended.

     Note: You can use shared folders to share any type of file. However, Windows shortcuts and Linux symbolic links do not work correctly if you try to use them via shared folders.

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