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Deselecting the option will disable the shared folder without deleting it from the VM configuration.

Enable this share – Enable the shared folder.

There are two shared folder attributes to choose from. It will open a dialog to choose the folder to share, select the folder then click Next. In that case, we have to re-enable the share again.Ĭhoose the option and press “Add” to add the path from the localhost. Incase of VM in shutdown, power-off or suspended state share will be disabled. As long as VM is active or restarted the shared folder will remain active.

Enabled until next power off or suspend – This is a temporary share.

Always enabled – Folder sharing will be enabled even when VM is Shutdown, Poweroff, or Suspended.

There are two options we can use to share folders. VMWare Host Settings VMWare Folder Sharing Optionsīy default shared folders options are disabled. VMWare workstation → Right-click on remote host → Settings → options tab → shared folders. How to Enable Share Folder in VMWare Workstationįor the purpose of the demonstration, I am using Windows 10 as my base OS and Ubuntu 20.04 running as a remote host in my VMWare Workstation. You might also want to take a look at the Installation guide of the VMware workstation on Linux.

If you are someone wondering what VMWare Workstation is, it is a hypervisor that runs on X64 Linux and Windows operating systems providing features to run virtual machines. In this article, we are going to see how to share a local folder with a remote host running on VMWare Workstation.