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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.
Hopefully that helps someone else out there who is scratching their head
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Ahh, this fixed my problem – BIG THANKS SIMON ! You’re the best!
Take care,
David Davis
Thanks so much been pulling what’s left of my hair out for days 🙂
Fantastic it worked like a charm, thank you.
Thanks a lot – this had me scratching my head – worked like a dream – all fixed
Thanks for solving my problem with Windows 8.
Thank you for taking the time to post this resolution, you’re a star.
Thank you!
Thank you!