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beissemj

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Registered: 2007-05-11

Posts: 43

VirtualBox Shared Folders not sharing

Okay. So i decided to ditch vmware and try virtualBox. After RTFM and RTFG (google) I still can't access my shared folder from within windows.

Host: Archlinux
Guest: Windows XP
VirtualMachine Name: WinXP

$ VBoxManage sharedfolder add WinXP -name LinuxShared -hostpath /home/mbeisser/VMShare

Start VirtualBox... start-> run -> cmd

C:/> net use x: \\vboxsvr\LinuxShared
System error 53 has occurred.

The network path was not found.

Yes the VMShare folder exists (I double checked that )

Suggestions? I would like to ditch vmware cuz it's just a pain in the ass with those stupid modules not never build and the anyany crap.

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funkyou

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From: Berlin, DE

Registered: 2006-03-19

Posts: 848

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Re: VirtualBox Shared Folders not sharing

Try to add the shared folder through Virtualbox` GUI without uppercase letters for its name...

On my machine, i created a folder "Transfer" in my $HOME, included it as shared folder with the name "transfer" in VBox and then used the command in your second code block and it works perfectly:

net use x: \\vboxsvr\transfer

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