The registry keys mentioned above certainly do still exist for the Shared Folders feature as nothing has changed in that regard.
Please check the registry
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vmhgfs\Parameters
and Values
Type: REG_SZ
Name: ServerName
Data: "vmware-host"
Type: REG_SZ
Name: ShareName
Data: "Shared Folders"
Nothing has changed. So do you have the feature Shared Folders installed?
Are you sure you are under the correct registry key HKLM etc.?
What version of VMware Tools do you have installed?
If you have tools installed can you go to the user account %TEMP% folder and retrieve the vminst*log files
and send them to me at sgoddard@vmware.com?
You should be able to set the above the values above to be whatever you want within reason and MS computer name restrictions.
Just reboot the Windows VM after setting and it should be able to access
"\\YourServerName\YourShareName\" and map these to drives using Explorer or the command prompt and "net use ...."
Thanks