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I wanted to add a shared folder to a linux VMWare image in VMWare player, and got thoroughly nowhere. Thanks to the magic of EasyVMX though, I know now the secritz. In the .vmx file of the VM , add:

sharedFolder.option = “alwaysEnabled”
sharedFolder0.present = “TRUE”
sharedFolder0.enabled = “TRUE”
sharedFolder0.readAccess = “TRUE”
sharedFolder0.writeAccess = “TRUE”
sharedFolder0.hostPath = “D:\projects\”
sharedFolder0.guestName = “share”
sharedFolder0.expiration = “never”
sharedFolder.maxNum = “1″

Restart the VM and all is joy. You will need VMWare tools on there, which can be installed, or in most cases a bit of searching will find you an image that already has it.

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