Shared Folders

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PTP23
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Shared Folders

Post by PTP23 »

I am using Windows XP VM on Mac. How do I access shared folders? When I go to Devices > Install Guest Additions, nothing happens.
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Re: Shared Folders

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By reading the User Manual, ch. 4.3 Shared folders. Or from the PDF if you go Help » Contents.
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Re: Shared Folders

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That doesn't help, that's about creating shared folders. I already created them.
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Re: Shared Folders

Post by andyp73 »

PTP23 wrote:When I go to Devices > Install Guest Additions, nothing happens.
That probably means that you don't have autorun enabled in Windows XP. Look in Explorer (or was is still called File Manager back then), navigate to the CD drive and then double click the .exe file.

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