ubuntu 12.04 in vmware can't detect the shared folders

Question

I just installed ubuntu 12.04 via VMWare on MacOs 10.7.4. I assigned a shared folder and gave ubuntu the right to read/write it.But now I can't find this folder in ubuntu. I know in win7 I can find it on desktop. Can you guys tell me what to do? Also the vmware tools were installed. Thanks.

Answer 1

There is another askubuntu.com article that helped me with this problem: How do I mount shared folders in Ubuntu using VMware tools?.

The article is meant for win7 but the solution also worked for my mac.