[Solved] Shared folders no longer work

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QuarterLessTwain
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[Solved] Shared folders no longer work

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After the recent update to Win 10 build 17134, both guest and host, I can't get shared folders to work. In Network and Sharing Center, both guest and host, I have all of the sharing options turned on. I turned on all the checkboxes in the VB Shared Folders settings, but I can't find the shared folders in the guest. I can't figure out what else to do, because that part of the VB manual is based on Win XP.
Last edited by socratis on 12. Jun 2018, 00:30, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Shared folders no longer work

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QuarterLessTwain wrote:After the recent update to Win 10 build 17134, both guest and host
Re-install VirtualBox on your host. Re-install the Guest Additions on your guest. See if the situation improves.
QuarterLessTwain wrote:In Network and Sharing Center, both guest and host, I have all of the sharing options turned on.
Those settings involve Windows-Networking shared folders, not VirtualBox shared folders, they're not the same thing, not even the same idea.
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Re: Shared folders no longer work

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Reinstalling fixed it. Thx.
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Re: Shared folders no longer work

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Glad you got it going. Marking as [Solved].
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