Hi,
@MarkR4 wrote:
I see there have been some accepted solutions posted already.
But is it possible that what you are seeing is a defect in VMWare Workstation Player? I am running VMWare Workstation, not Player, but I'm seeing Workstation crash and I don't have proof but I have a shared folder which is under OneDrive control, and by observation, the crash seems like it happens often when OneDrive is busy synchronizing
This seems like it could be a defect which is reported as fixed here in a March version of Workstation (again I don't know if Player is affected by it): https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/16.2.3/rn/vmware-workstation-pro-1623-release-note...
VMware shared folders for Player is the same as for the Pro version. It is a feature offered via VMware Tools and they will both be using the same version of VMware Tools.
FWIW, there's no mention of OneDrive in those release notes...
OneDrive isn't compatible with VMware Workstation/Player, it's a source of problems when combining that with VMware virtual machines. (*)
Although I admit that it is the first I hear about possible incompatibilities with shared folders and OneDrive. Should be easy enough to isolate and find out?
edit: You bumped an old thread.. so reread after I replied.. (oh dear)
The crash was in to a graphics backend as I mentioned up.. so not related to VMware Tools or OneDrive.
re. OneDrive incompatibility with VM's I should clarify that. It is a bad idea to put your VM in a folder that is synchronized by OneDrive (so running OneDrive at the host). I'm not aware about issues with OneDrive and Shared Folders, but they might exist.
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Wil
