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04.20
Since I bought my new MacBook, I had to decide which operating systems I was going to install on it. At this very moment, I’m typing on OS X while hacking my code using VMware Fusion with Visual Studio 2008.
Using this combination I had a couple of issues with folder sharing, like many others. Here I’ll sum up what you’ll have to do in order to open your VS projects from a shared folder and also copy/move your files between your host (OS X running VMware) and guest (Windows XP in my case) systems without interruption.
After you’ve turned on “Shared Folders” property in VMware, in your guest Windows system do the following:
- Install “.NET Framework 2.0 Software Development Kit (SDK)“,
- Open “Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Configuration” from “Administrative Tools” in the control panel,
- In the left-side tree, expand: “.NET Framework 2.0 Configuration” > “My Computer” > “Runtime Security Policy” > “Machine” > “Code Groups” > “All_Code”,
- At this point create a new code group, called “Local_Intranet”, by right clicking on “All_Code” and then selecting “New…” option (if you already have a code group called “Local_Intranet” you don’t have to do this):
- In order to do this right you’ll have to choose “Zone” as condition type, and “Local Intranet” as zone,
- Expand also “Local_Intranet’,
- Create another code group (under “Local_Intranet” you’ve created in step 4), and call it “.host” this time:
- In order to do this right you’ll have to choose ”URL” as condition type, then enter “file:\\.host\*” (without quotes) as URL and choose “Full Trust” as permission set,
- Save and close all the windows,
- Open “Internet Options” in the control panel, and switch to “Security tab”,
- Select “Local intranet” zone to view or change security settings, and click “Sites” button below,
- Click on “Advanced” button in opened “Local intranet” window,
- Type exactly “file://*..host” (without quotes) in “Add this website to the zone” text field and press the “Add” button,
- Save and close all the windows.
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