Custom shared profile locations?

D

dremelofdeath

Bit poster
Hi there. I'm using Parallels and I have the Shared Profile enabled, but my Downloads folder is not synced to the Windows guest because my Downloads is a symlink/alias under my Home folder on OS X. This is because I have moved my Downloads folder to another drive, since my main drive is an SSD. Under \\psf\Home, the Downloads folder shows up as a Windows shortcut to a non-existent location. Is there a way to make this work properly?

-Zack
 
That works, and at least I can see the content in Windows, but the Shared Profile still isn't working. So now I have \\psf\Downloads instead of \\psf\Home\Downloads. Is there a way to map C:\Users\Zack\Downloads to \\psf\Downloads like the Shared Profile integration would?
 
Got it!

HAHA! I got it! :D What I did was this. I followed YanaYana's instructions and shared the folder through Parallels. Then, in Windows, I opened up an Administrator command prompt, and ran:

move C:\Users\Zack\Downloads "C:\Users\Zack\Downloads (2)"
mklink /D C:\Users\Zack\Downloads \\psf\Downloads

This moves the Windows downloads folder out of the way and creates a symbolic link to the Parallels share. Works like a charm!

Thanks again for the help :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top