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WhiteKnight
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Can I share standard user VM?

Hi,

I want to share one of my "normal" user VMs temporarily.

So, I enabled sharing in settings and set Shared VMs Location to my local Documents folder, where my local VMs resist:

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When I then connect to the server from another of my machines using my credentials, I don't see any of my host VMs listed:

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Why is that the case? Why can't I connect to my "normal" machines by sharing them?



[VMware]: Workstation 17 Pro; --
[host]: Windows 10x64 host; --
[guests]: Windows 10x64, Windows 8x64.
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scott28tt
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This should help: VMware Knowledge Base


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scott28tt
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WhiteKnight
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Thank your for your reply!

Is it really necessary to move a VM back and forth between folders just for sharing them once in a while? The moving process takes quite some time.



[VMware]: Workstation 17 Pro; --
[host]: Windows 10x64 host; --
[guests]: Windows 10x64, Windows 8x64.
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Yes it is needed.

There's more changes that are being made for this to function well.

You might be able to hack your way around it, but it won't be supported.

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