[Solved] What should I do if the Vmware virtual machine still cannot copy, paste, and drag files after installing VmwareTools?

Ubuntu is a Linux distribution operating system mainly based on desktop applications. Users generally use virtual machines to install Ubuntu. However, some users found that after successfully installing Vmware Tools on a Vmware virtual machine, they still cannot copy, paste, and drag files. What is going on? The editor specially compiled a solution for everyone, come and try it. The specific operations are as follows: 1. Change the virtual machine settings, select Edit virtual machine settings, enable shared folders in the options, and then set a folder that is convenient for you. I set it as the desktop of my computer to facilitate file copying. Also check whether drag-and-drop and copy-paste are enabled in the client isolation options, and remember to turn them on if not.

2. Find the folder path you just set and enable sharing permissions for the folder path. In order to prevent problems, I chose to enable both sharing and advanced sharing.

3. Open Ubuntu and enter the following commands in the terminal interface to check whether the shared folder can be viewed in Ubuntu. First enter the mnt/hgfs folder and enter ls to see if the shared folder Desktop exists. If so, It means the sharing is successful.

4. In order to make it easier to copy and paste files in the future, I chose to create a shortcut for this folder on the Ubuntu desktop. Enter the following command to set a folder shortcut named Desktop for /mnt/hgfs/Desktop. Place On the Ubuntu desktop (/home/tute/desktop). The username after home is entered based on your own username.

// An highlighted blocksudo ln -sT '/mnt/hgfs/Desktop/' '/home/tute/桌面/Desktop'

5. To check whether it was successful, I created a new text document on the Windows desktop, opened the Desktop folder of the Ubuntu desktop, and found that the corresponding file has been created and can be copied directly to Ubuntu. This method is mainly used as a last resort when Vmware Tools cannot be installed or cannot be dragged after installation. It may not be suitable for everyone.

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