I've been playing around with Kubuntu in VMware Workstation Pro 15.5, and I'm unable to access the shared folders I set up on my Windows 10 side. I've followed the standard method to enable shared folders in VM/Settings/Options.
When Kubuntu comes up, it sees the shared folders via /mnt/hgfs. When I reboot the OS, the shared folders disappear. "Always enabled" is checked in the options.
The /mnt/hgfs folder is there, however nothing is inside it.
When I type "vmware-hgfsclient" I see the two folders that I shared on the windows side.
When I type
I'll instantly be able to see the shared folders! Then upon reboot they disappear again. Retyping that command doesn't bring them back.
Playing around, I created a new folder /mnt/share1 then ran the command again, changing out the destination folder.
Then the shared folders will instantly appear in the new folder! However upon reboot they disappear yet again.
If I keep changing the destination, they will appear once, then disappear upon reboot.
This is happening across other linux guests on the windows machine.
On my Linux desktop, anything I create there (windows/linux) all shared folders works perfectly.
So I don't know if it's a windows thing, or a VMware thing, or something else??
When Kubuntu comes up, it sees the shared folders via /mnt/hgfs. When I reboot the OS, the shared folders disappear. "Always enabled" is checked in the options.
The /mnt/hgfs folder is there, however nothing is inside it.
When I type "vmware-hgfsclient" I see the two folders that I shared on the windows side.
When I type
Code:
sudo vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /mnt/hgfs/ -o allow_other -o uid=1000
Playing around, I created a new folder /mnt/share1 then ran the command again, changing out the destination folder.
Code:
sudo vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /mnt/share1/ -o allow_other -o uid=1000
If I keep changing the destination, they will appear once, then disappear upon reboot.
This is happening across other linux guests on the windows machine.
On my Linux desktop, anything I create there (windows/linux) all shared folders works perfectly.
So I don't know if it's a windows thing, or a VMware thing, or something else??