How to Fix Windows 7 Sharing in VirtualBox

well, sorry... but this is still the old way to set the share folder. I did this way in my guest XP

What the heck??

Have you ever looked at the VBox GUI... in the shared folders... it ALREADY SAYS HOW TO DO THIS.

"net use X: \vboxsvrshared"
(where "X" is the drive to use and "shared" is the name of the shared folder)

The manual also talks about this...
And that's where people should look for help in the first place
The explanation/"fix" is already there!

Those are just some commands and newbies have no idea what to do with them.

why would anyone need that on the pc?

If you really need to run some windows software in VM do you really need windoze 7?

Thanks for this. The manual is too difficult for some (me) to follow completely and that grumpy-ass Sasquatch just bitches at people with questions and occasionally gives an inadequate answer. They would do well to answer noobs questions with complete info and patience rather than pointing them back to FAQs and the manual, which most people with questions have already consulted. You made the abstract concrete here, thanks again.

You saved me! Thanks!

Thanks! It is sad that you have to have Windows 7 installed to get Windows 7 on a usb stick to install from it.

Some people need to learn the golden rule. I too looked all over for this. Thanks for posting it!

I also checked out the user manual, but it really sucks...it didnt make clear that it is a "must" to use that command "net use X: vboxsvrshared"
. In fact, it seems to suggest ppl can find the shared folder almost automatically but this is not the case. Thank you for your help!

Thanks a lot, your instructions saved the day, easy to understand, much appreciated.

Hi, good illustration!
But, I have got this done only after having "Install Guest Additions" in VirtualBox (that's in the main menu when you run guest machine, under "Devices").

Thanks for post!
Nodir.

Good point BTW. For anyone who get trouble here (like me): Don't forget to install Guest Additions before.

you need to indtall it for both the guest and host

thanks a lot...!!!

Thanks!!!!

Thanks, helped a lot... was searching for an hour trying to figure out how to find my shared files

kept getting authentication failure when mapping linux host shared folder so shared files using tried and true method, POUSBTD=plain old USB thumb drive

Thanks a lot..It helped me..was trying this for a long time

cheers

hi, i try to follow all step of the instructions. but why it does not work.
in step 7, i could not find the network of the shared folder. please help me....

I too could not get this to work. I keep getting "Windows cannot access \\vboxsrv\apps"

I thought the problem was my network, so I have been fooling around switching it from NAT, to Bridged Adaptor, etc., but that doesn't seem to work.

When I supply credentials, I need to provide the ones for the host computer, not the guest computer, right?

I'm at a loss.

"After this, click the "Finish" button and you will be prompted to insert the username and password of your Linux machine. "

I never get this dialog (even with the alternate credentials box ticked), and I think this may be why it always shows the folder as empty. Any help, please?

Thanks! it is very helpful

Thanks a Lot