Solution for VMware Virtual Machine Folder Sharing Not Working

Created2025-01-23|Updated2025-01-24|Programming Digest

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After installing VMware Tools, if you’re unable to mount shared folders using vmhgfs-fuse, you can try this temporary workaround.

Solution for VMware virtual machine folder sharing not working (/mnt/hgfs/ shared folder not found):

Disable folder sharing in VMware.
Restart the virtual machine.
Re-enable folder sharing in VMware.
Access /mnt/hgfs/ to see the shared folder.

Author: Johnson Lin

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