How to Make a Shared Folder in Vmware Between Ubuntu and Windows

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Be sure that you have Vmware

   Open your Vmware workstation which have Ubuntu installed on it.
   
   From the menu choose VM
   -> Settings.
   
   You get a dialog with two tabs "Hardware" and "Options" choose "Options" form above.
   
   Click "Shared Folders" from the options.
   
   Choose "Always Enabled".
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   Step 2: and have Ubuntu installed on it.

   , The first is through the Terminal ,which you can launch it,either by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T or choose it from the launch bar.Then write the following command : cd /mnt/hgfs/ . ,
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   Step 3: Specify the location of the shared folder on your host by choosing "Add" Then choose your path to the shared folder in the "host path" and choose a Name.

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   Step 4: There's 2 ways to enter the shared folder from ubuntu.

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   Step 5: Browse it in the file browser by choose "Files" from the launch bar then click on "Computer" then open the folder "mnt" and then open "hgfs"

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   Step 6: and you're inside your shared folder on windows.

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