Virtualization, Cloud, Infrastructure and all that stuff in-between
My ramblings on the stuff that holds it all together
Cannot Access Shared Folder vmware-host Shared Folders My Desktop
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.
- Un-check each item in the “Mirrored Folders” section.
- Log off the Windows 7 VM (you will get a prompt for this inside the VM)
- Log back on to the VM
- go back into Virtual Machine/Settings/Sharing and re-check each item
- Log off the Windows 7 VM (you will get a prompt for this inside the VM)
- 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
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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!