Log out and back in, everything should work fine now. Follow these instructions to set up dragging and dropping: Open VirtualBox. There is only one more step add any user in your guest system that needs access to the folder to the group vboxsf: sudo adduser $USER vboxsf This is because you first need to configure VirtualBox settings. Job Done the shared folder appears on you guest machine as /media/sf_Vboxshare To enable drag and drop, you'll need to have already installed the VirtualBox Guest Additions, as with Shared Folders. Then, go into settings for your virtual machine, select shared folders then the plus icon to create a shared folder and fill in the details set it to auto mount. This feature is useful for transferring files by dragging them from the host operating system and dropping them onto the guest operating system (and vice versa). I've created one called VboxShare in my home directory.įirst, make sure that your virtual machine is powered off. To install those, it should be as easy as using the Install Guest Additions. Next step create a folder on your host machine as as share area Install the VirtualBox Tools Install the Virtual Box Tools (called Guest Additions) on your guest these tools allow your guest to communicate with the host to allow files to be written in a directory on the host. I do not believe its possible to share files between the host and the guest without installing the extension pack first though I could be wrong on this.Ĭheck that the version of Virtualbox you have.
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