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This is what it looked like when you could set a shared folder with a unshared virtual machine -
And now with the VM as a shared virtual machine the shared folders option is gone along with a whole bunch of other things -
How do you still use shared folders or is there another way to transfer files from the host computer quickly?
P.S. I'm using vmware workstation 10.0.1.
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Hmm, the shared folders should work, but it looks like you've already tried that one. I would recommend trying a tool like SSH, rsync, a samba share, an NFS share, or something similar. Since all the traffic is still local it should be pretty snappy.
Good luck.
tbenz9
Posted 2013-12-24T01:30:07.187
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If solutions proposed by @tbenz9 won't work for you or you want to set it up quick, you can set up Dropbox or something like that. It's far from perfect solution and it won't be as fast (it won't copy on-the-fly, but will upload to the could first and then download and your space is limited) but you can literally have it working in few minutes and it's guaranteed to work as long as your VM has Internet access.
gronostaj
Posted 2013-12-24T01:30:07.187
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Dropbox wouldn't be such a implausible solution for small files but for folders at 6gb or higher I think it would be too slow. – None – 2013-12-25T18:25:20.573
I wasn't aware SSH was used for file transfer. My understanding was that it was for more of command line stuff. Do you have specific tutorials/apps to recommend to implement these? I can go ahead and try them and see if they get the job done quickly. – None – 2013-12-25T18:28:33.293
@Aki you can transfer files over SSH with SCP or SFTP. I can't recommend any Windows software to enable them, though. FileZilla and WinSCP are good client apps, but you'll also need a server.
– gronostaj – 2013-12-25T18:33:10.420SCP and SFTP server apps? – None – 2013-12-25T18:37:09.903