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VMware Workstation - No Experience Necessary

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Product type Book
Published in Aug 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849689182
Pages 136 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Sander van Vugt Sander van Vugt
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters close

VMware Workstation – No Experience Necessary
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Installing VMware Workstation 2. Installing Virtual Machines 3. Working with Virtual Machines 4. VMware Workstation behind the Scenes 5. Networking VMware Workstation 6. Accessing Virtual Machines Remotely 7. Converting Virtual Machines 8. Cloning and Snapshots 9. Sharing Virtual Machines Index

Working with shared folders


A very useful feature in VMware Workstation is shared folders. Using shared folders allows you to easily share files between the host operating system and VMware Workstation. Using shared folders allows you to get access to a shared folder on the host computer in the virtual machine.

To work with shared folders, you need to enable them in the virtual machine. Once enabled, you can access them from the virtual machine's operating system. In the following procedure, you can read how it works:

  1. Working with shared folders starts on the virtual machine where you want to use it. So make sure that the virtual machine where you want to use it is started.

  2. Once the virtual machine is started, select Settings from the VM menu and click on the Options tab. From this tab, select the Shared Folders item.

    Enabling shared folders on the virtual machine

  3. To enable shared folders, you can select Always enabled or Enabled until next power off or suspend. If you're just looking for an...

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