vmware tools is not working properly, I cannot share folder in my virtual machine ubuntu

Question

I am using windows XP, I created a virtual machine using VMware player and installed Ubuntu in it. I want to have a shared folder between windows and my virtual machine, so I installed VMware tools, enabled the shared folders and named them. However, when I am on ubuntu, I don't see the link... I tried several time, re-install VMware tools and updated my VMware player but it's still not working... Does anybody already had this problem? Versions I am using: VMware player 3.1.2, Ubuntu 11.04, VMware tools 8.4.4

Answer 1

Two links that might help:

• http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-share-folders-with-your-ubuntu-virtual-machine-guest/

• http://www.sysprobs.com/install-vmware-tools-manually-ubuntu-11-04-vmware-shared-folders