Create a share from your Virtual Machine Settings, let’s call it shared_vm

sudo apt install open-vm-tools # Make sure you have the latest vmware tools installed

sudo mkdir /shared_vm

sudo /usr/bin/vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /shared_vm -o subtype=vmhgfs-fuse,allow_other # Mounts the shared_vm share to /shared_vm

To make it permanent, add it to /etc/fstab as follows:

vmhgfs-fuse /mnt/hgfs fuse defaults,allow_other 0 0

Tested on the following environment:

• Host: Windows 11 Pro x86-64 Host
• Guest: Kali 2024.3 x86-64
• Hypervisor: VMware Workstation 16.2.5 Pro

That’s it, Enjoy!

Sources: VMware Official Docs