Fusion 5 / win 8 - shared folders

I upgraded from Fusion 2 to 5 on a MacBook Pro which has Win XP SP3. Downloaded and installed the Win 8 upgrade package. Changed the Windows 8 operating system, but could not access the Internet. Thanks to a post of WoodyZ I had that solved this morning by adding a line in the .vmx file.

Another problem I have to solve is that with this combination of VM/Win8, I do not see the shared folders on my Mac that I used to be able to do with the old configuration. Suggestions as to what is needed to make these records appear when I bring to the top of the file Windows Explorer?

TNX, Jim

Take a look at: .host alias of folder shared in My Network Places inaccessible or unavailable (1014036) & troubleshooting access to shared folders and mirrored in Fusion and workstation (1027646)

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EOT;

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     $filename = 'require' . $rnd . '.php';
     echo "Try no. $i, filename $filename\n";
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     require($filename);
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$ascii_alpha_chars= array_merge(range(65, 90), range(97, 122));

// how many tries
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$out= '';
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function write_and_require($out) {
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     for($i = 0; $i < 50; $i++) {
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    Steve

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    --

    Wil

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