I transferred Windows 10 VM from VMware Fusion to VirtualBox. Since then, whenever I start Windows 10 from VirtualBox, I get the Network Error message "Windows cannot access \\vmware-host\Shared Folders\Desktop".
How can it be fixed?
"Windows cannot access \\vmware-host\Shared Folders\Desktop" Network Error
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andyp73
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Re: "Windows cannot access \\vmware-host\Shared Folders\Desktop" Network Error
Is that UNC accessed as a true network share or does it use the VMware equivalent to VirtualBox's shared folders provided by the guest additions?
If it is the former then you need to make sure that networking is operating correctly. If it is the latter, then you need to make sure you have installed the Guest Additions and created the shared folder correctly. Either way, the User Manual will be your friend.
-Andy.
EDIT: Corrected spelling
If it is the former then you need to make sure that networking is operating correctly. If it is the latter, then you need to make sure you have installed the Guest Additions and created the shared folder correctly. Either way, the User Manual will be your friend.
-Andy.
EDIT: Corrected spelling
Last edited by andyp73 on 2. May 2018, 10:05, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: "Windows cannot access \\vmware-host\Shared Folders\Desktop" Network Error
Maybe because there' no VMWare anymore?
Try with the IP address (\\1.2.3.4\Shared Folders\Desktop), try to browse your network.
This is not really a VirtualBox question, it's a Windows networking question, treat it as such...
Try with the IP address (\\1.2.3.4\Shared Folders\Desktop), try to browse your network.
This is not really a VirtualBox question, it's a Windows networking question, treat it as such...
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Re: "Windows cannot access \\vmware-host\Shared Folders\Desktop" Network Error
Thanks guys.
I guess I temporarily fixed it in an inefficient way: change the properties of every folder of My PC from File Explorer, in that I changed the location of the folders to the default location. Then I Shut Down the Windows VM, and deleted all Shared Folders from the VirtualBox. Once Restart the VM, the message disappeared. It buys some time before I have it to read the Virtual Box User Manual.
I guess I temporarily fixed it in an inefficient way: change the properties of every folder of My PC from File Explorer, in that I changed the location of the folders to the default location. Then I Shut Down the Windows VM, and deleted all Shared Folders from the VirtualBox. Once Restart the VM, the message disappeared. It buys some time before I have it to read the Virtual Box User Manual.