Virtualization, Cloud, Infrastructure and all that stuff in-between

I encountered this error when a Windows 7 VM running under Fusion logs on, VM tools is mapping a drive to your OS X home directory and results in the following Windows error message

Cannot Access Shared Folder \\vmware-host\Shared Folders\My Desktop

I hit this error after I used Carbon Copy Cloner to clone my OS X installation from a SATA disk a new SSD drive and then decided to move my home directory back onto the SATA disk (I’m using one of these to mount 2 disks) to save space on the SSD (info on how to do that here), so the underlying file-system path had changed.

To fix this open the shared folders settings for your VM in Fusion (Virtual Machine/Settings/Sharing.

1. Un-check each item in the “Mirrored Folders” section.
2. Log off the Windows 7 VM (you will get a prompt for this inside the VM)
3. Log back on to the VM
4. go back into Virtual Machine/Settings/Sharing and re-check each item
5. Log off the Windows 7 VM (you will get a prompt for this inside the VM)
6. Log back on to the VM and it should now be resolved and the mirrored folders show up as actual folders in Windows Explorer

Hopefully that helps someone else out there who is scratching their head