Since I have a Mac I have no real need to use Fedora however I did install Fedora 18 using the same directions you did and while Fedora 18 is on the supported OS list for VMware Workstation 9 which includes VMware Player 5 nonetheless it quite obvious VMware Tools do not function properly by default! Additionally I tried a few things including some patches that are out there and while the patches corrected some issues they either didn't address all of the issues or they created new issues. I can't say for sure which and I have absolutely no desire or interest in debugging since one can use Industry Standard SMB/CIFS Shares instead. I had no problem going Files > Browse Network > ComputerName > ShareName to access files on the Host from the Guest. This of course requires one to setup a shared folder under the Host OS, not in the VM's settings, and make sure the Host and Guest Firewalls are not blocking communications.
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