Create Shared Folder in VMware And access the shared folder from guest OS

share files among virtual machines and the host computer
Start the VMware and select the virtual machine

Click on Edit virtual Machine Settings, following dialog will appear.

Go to tab option and select shared Folders

Right side you can see 3 options. Select Always enabled or Enabled until next power off or suspend.
clicking Add starts the Add Shared Folder wizard. On Linux, it opens the Shared Folder Properties dialog box

Add button will open above wizard dialog, please follow the instruction on this wzard screen

You can name the folder using Name field (this name will apear on guest os)

The above mesage will no appear if you are using local folder for sharing

Select the prefered option you like

Now click ok to finish.

How to access this folder in Linux :

After log in : open terminal

$/mnt/hgfs or #/mnt/hgfs