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I have a shared folder for accessing the host's Applications folder and the VM kernel panics as soon as I attempt to open it.

Modify to: Data: "vmhgfs,RDPNP, LanmanWorkstation,webclient"Yes I'm also experiencing this problem.

Reboot the guest when done installing (it will ask by itself to reboot)Īlternatively if it used to work and now stopped working then you can try the following workaround as suggested by the developer of the shared folders feature:Īll you have to do is edit the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkProvider\ Order Name: ProviderOrder Type: REG_SZ Data: "RDPNP, LanmanWorkstation,webclient".

Find the location of the folder you want to share in the Finder sheet, select it, and click Add. At the bottom of the display box, click the add (+) button. On Windows and macOS virtual machines, a VMware Shared Folders shortcut is created on the guest operating system. Once you see an installer, click "Next" until Finish, keep the defaults. Select the Enable Shared Folders check box. If no installer appears, go to the DVD-rom within windows and click "setup" (for 32 bits windows) or "setup64" (for 64 bits windows)

Then from the Virtual Machine menu select "Install VMware Tools".

In Windows, go to Control Panel -> Programs & Features -> Select VMware Tools -> Uninstallįollow the steps from the installer to completely uninstall VMware Tools.

rootlinuxvm /etc/init. You need to do this after you boot the virtual machine, each time. You really need the guest OS to reboot inbetween uninstall and install to make sure that all the files from VMware Tools are in the correct locations and of the correct version. Solution 1: Restart vmware-tools Open a terminal window and run the following command as root to restart vmware-tools. These type of issues are almost always due to a broken VMware Tools install.ĭo not try a repair install from within the Guest OS as it likely will not fix this, unfortunately the "Reinstall VMware Tools" from the drop down menu also falls in that same category.