# Acceder a carpeta windows desde URSIM utilizando VMWare **URL:** \ **Category:** Technical Questions\ **Created:** [November 3, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/acceder-a-carpeta-windows-desde-ursim-utilizando-vmware/41659 "2025-11-03T11:25:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xcontijo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@xcontijo](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/xcontijo)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/acceder-a-carpeta-windows-desde-ursim-utilizando-vmware/41659/1 "2025-11-03T11:25:19Z")
Buenos días, estoy intentando configurar la maquina vitual VMWare para tener acceso a una carpeta compartida en el escritorio de windows desde URSIM utilizando VMWare y no lo consigo He creado la carpeta en windows, he configurado desde VM/setting/options/shared folders/Nombre\_carpeta, y la he configurado como Enabled He accedido a URSim y cuando voy a abrir o grabar programa no me aparece la carpeta en ningun lado Tengo que configurar alguna cosa en la consola de Linux? ---
**Author:** ![lxop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@lxop](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/lxop)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/acceder-a-carpeta-windows-desde-ursim-utilizando-vmware/41659/2 "2025-11-10T03:05:06Z")
Hola, I’m not sure how to use VMWare shared folders, the instructions I find online do not seem to work. When I want to transfer between Windows and URSim, I use `scp` , would that work for you? Another option is to use VirtualBox instead of VMWare, apparently shared folders work better there. Alex ---
**Author:** ![efn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@efn](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/efn)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/acceder-a-carpeta-windows-desde-ursim-utilizando-vmware/41659/3 "2025-11-11T13:07:43Z")
You should try copy/paste with ctrl+c and ctrl+v, if it’s just for moving programs back and forth. I’ve not had much success with anything else on either VMWare or VirtualBox. ---
**Author:** ![xcontijo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@xcontijo](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/xcontijo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/acceder-a-carpeta-windows-desde-ursim-utilizando-vmware/41659/4 "2025-11-19T17:29:59Z")
Tks, i’ll do as you comment!!! ---
**Author:** ![xcontijo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@xcontijo](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/xcontijo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/acceder-a-carpeta-windows-desde-ursim-utilizando-vmware/41659/5 "2025-11-19T17:30:39Z")
Tks for t¡your answer What do you mean when you talk abou “SCP”?? Tks again! ---
**Author:** ![lxop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@lxop](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/lxop)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/acceder-a-carpeta-windows-desde-ursim-utilizando-vmware/41659/6 "2025-11-19T20:46:00Z")
`scp` is the file-copying functionality of `ssh`. As an example, to copy a file from my PC into the URSim VM, I would run a command something like this: ```bash scp ./robot/prog1.urp ur@192.168.198.143:ursim-current/programs/prog1.urp ``` This command would copy the file `prog1.urp` from my `robot/` folder into the URSim running in VMWare with IP address 192.168.198.143. You might need to install `ssh` for `scp` to exist; I can’t remember if I had to do that specially or if it was already installed in my Windows. The ctrl-C/ctrl-V approach mentioned by @efn is probably simpler, though: open File Explorer on your PC and go to the folder where your files live. Open Accessories/File Manager in URSim and go to ursim-current/programs. Copy the file(s) from File Explorer and paste them in the URSim File Manager.