Ran this command and it shows the drives and folders that I defined as Shared-Folders
vmware-hgfsclient
Ran this and it put shortcuts on the desktop
ln -s /mnt/hgfs/shared-directory ~/Desktop/Name-of-the-folder {edit} Yes, I used the real Shared Folder names
If I double click on the shortcut OR try to copy a file to it from Ubuntu, I get
This link cannot be used because its target “/mnt/hgfs/shared-directory” doesn't exist.
Where am I going wrong?
And, how do I make it work?
Also /mnt/hgfs is empty even with Ctrl-H
If /mnt/hgfs is empty the share isn't being set up correctly. If the shared folders output in the vmware hgfsclient command appears all I can think is possibly the second command creating desktop shortcuts is in error. I'm confused about what is actually "shared-directory" and "Name-of-the-folder". They should be the same. That particular step shouldn't even be be necessary if the share was actually established. Normally all you need to do is create a desktop link to the shared folders once they are visible in the /mnt/hgfs directory. You could try everything again. leaving that part out and going directly to /mnt/hgfs to see if it might be the source of the problem.
Another option is to take a look at the links posted in this message two days ago - Re: complete, total and utter failure to get shared folders working in VM Player - host W7, guest Lu... The patch script is backward compatible with numerous Linux kernels so it should work on Ubuntu 14.04 which uses 3.13. If for some reason it doesn't, you can rerun the unpatched VMware Tools distribution and be back where you are now, none the worse for wear.
Good luck,
