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Fred_3_0
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How to share USB device without unplugging it all the time?

Fusion 10. Mac OSX 13.2. Windows 10.

I have a USB external solid state drive. Is there a way to switch it back and forth from Mac OSX to Windows without unplugging it and replugging it to generate the "where should I connect" dialog?

I know I can set it up as a shared folder, but I have file paths mapped to it that get wonky on other machines if I do that. The drive is labeled E:\ and that gets lost when I just "share" it as a folder on the shared folders \\vmware-host directory.

Thank you

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parmarr
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Hello,

Please see if the link below helps:

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Fusion/8.0/com.vmware.fusion.using.doc/GUID-F081AFAF-7DBB-44FA-BC5...

Sincerely, Rahul Parmar VMware Support Moderator
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