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The Host Path is the folder location on the host machine. Under the Folders section, the Name field is what the share will be named in the VM. Critical points are highlighted with red arrows. I installed the first version into the client virtual machine (VM) which was running Ubuntu 18.04.Īt this point, I defined three shared folders on the host through the VMware management GUI for the VM.

open-vm-tools-desktop - This package contains the user-space programs and libraries that are essential for improved user experience of VMware virtual machines (graphical user interface).

open-vm-tools - This package contains only the core user-space programs and libraries (command line interface).

It is a suite of virtualization utilities and drivers to improve the functionality, user experience and administration of VMware virtual machines. The Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) project is an open source implementation of VMware Tools.

Select the VM on which you want to configure shared folder. I had some issues getting these tools to work correctly so I decided to install their open source version. How to configure Shared Folder in VMware Workstation Step 1.

VMware Workstation has built-in tools that can be installed from the management GUI (VM > Install VM Tools).