This article provides the process of troubleshooting access to shared and mirrored folders. Steps that pertain to all users are presented in the body of the article, and steps that may only apply to certain situations or environments are presented in the Additional Information section.
Note: The mirrored folders feature is only available in VMware Fusion.
Symptoms:
- You are unable to open a Shared folder
- The VMware Shared Folders icon is missing or does not work
- Windows reports this error about opening a shared or mirrored folder:
\\vmware-host\Shared Folders\Desktop is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.
Access is denied.