How To Change The Drive Letter Of A Shared Folder In Vmware Fusion And Workstation

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To resolve this issue, map the shared folder manually with specific drive letter in the Windows virtual machine.
 
To map the shared folder manually:
  1. In the Windows virtual machine, open a command prompt with administrator privileges. For more information, see Start a Command Prompt as an Administrator.

    Note: The preceding link was correct as of June 17, 2013. If you find the link is broken, provide feedback and a VMware employee will update the link.

  2. Run this command:

    net use drive_letter: "\\vmware-host\Shared Folders"

    For example:

    net use k: "\\vmware-host\Shared Folders"

    Where k is the drive letter.

  3. Open My Computer and confirm if the drive letter is assigned correctly.
 
Note: To remove the default mapped shared drive letter ( Z:), right-click the shared folder and click Disconnect.