Same problem!
I’m running VMware 15.5.6 on Linux 5.6.11 (Fedora). I’ve found that Drag&Drop only works one way. I can drag from Host to Guest fine, but attempting to drag or copy from Guest to Host produces an error such as:
Error when getting information for file “/Hj1Ipo/asdf.txt”: No such file or directory
The directory indicated does not exist and seems to be randomly generated. This was just a test “txt” file on the guest desktop.
I get the same error from both Linux and Windows Guests, although the non-existant directory changes.
… It looks like “Shared Folders” also fail. Fortunately USB works.
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It looks like Drag&Drop from a Linux guest generates a dynamic directory in {home}/.cache/vmware/drag_and_drop/pWMTEe with a copy of what’s being dragged.
The error refers to No such file or directory for /{dynamic_directory}. Note the leading slash /.
If I copy “{home}/.cache/vmware/drag_and_drop/pWMTEe” to “/pWMTEe” in the root directory and select “Try Again”, it finds the directory. It seems like there is an incorrect leading slash somewhere forcing an absolute path instead of a relative path.
Strangely, a Windows Guest will Copy/Paste to the Linux Host but it won’t Drag&Drop. Linux Guests do neither.
