Windows guest freeze after attempting to add shared folders

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sfast
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Joined: 14. Feb 2023, 11:03

Windows guest freeze after attempting to add shared folders

Post by sfast »

Hi

This has happened twice. Fresh installation of Windows 11 guest on Mac OS host. After installing guest addition and adding shared folder in the VM, it freeze and only allow mouse movement.

Tried it on 2 separate MacBooks but behavior is same. VirtualBox and extension pack version 7.0.6

By the way, there are no .exe files in the shared folders.

Any ideas how to resolve this?

Thanks
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scottgus1
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Re: Windows guest freeze after attempting to add shared folders

Post by scottgus1 »

7.0 is still in bug-hunt phase, and the Guest Additions are giving some trouble.

However, often it's reported that only installing 7.0's GAs that cause the freezes, not needing to set up shared folders.

Please try if installing the GAs then not setting up shared folders also results in freezes.
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