Hi All,
Reproduction steps:
- Install Windows 10 (see below the environment info)
- Install MS OneDrive for Windows (21.230.1107.0004, part of Office 365)
- Install VMware Workstation Player for Windows (see below the environment info)
- Install Ubuntu (see below the environment info)
- Install Midnight Commander
- Create a shared folder pointed to the synchronized OneDrive folder
Behavior:
When I opened the /mnt/hgfs folder with MC, the OneDrive folder was accessible. Nevertheless, entering into a subfolder took minutes besides an extensive CPU usage. After opening the 3rd subfolder, the whole VM was frozen. I tried to remove the shared folder under the Settings (VM was still running) but after clicking on the Close button, the Settings dialog has got frozen too. I killed the VM from the Windows Task Manager successfully.
After restarting the VM I got the following error message
I can get rid of this error message by removing the CD/DVD (SATA) device.
Even though I set up any other folder as a shared folder, the hgfs folder is empty.
The Reinstall VMware Tools... menu item is greyed out:
The VM seems functioning properly but the shared folder functionality doesn't work anymore.
Do you have an idea
- why did it happen?
- how to fix this issue (without reinstalling the guest)?
---------------------- Info ----------------------------
mksSandbox log files are attached.
Windows info
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz 3.60 GHz
Installed RAM 32.0 GB
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Edition Windows 10 Pro
Version 21H2
Installed on 14/10/2021
OS build 19044.1348
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.3920.0
VMware info
Ubuntu info
Linux ubuntu 5.13.0-22-generic #22-Ubuntu SMP Fri Nov 5 13:21:36 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
MC info
GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.26
Built with GLib 2.68.1
Built with S-Lang 2.3.2 with terminfo database
With builtin Editor and Aspell support
With subshell support as default
With support for background operations
With mouse support on xterm and Linux console
With support for X11 events
With internationalization support
With multiple codepages support
With ext2fs attributes support
Virtual File Systems:
cpiofs, tarfs, sfs, extfs, ext2undelfs, ftpfs, sftpfs, fish
Data types:
char: 8; int: 32; long: 64; void *: 64; size_t: 64; off_t: 64;
