bi-directional drag n drop copy paste

[p060477]

hi
host win 10 home 64
guest win xp pro sp3

drag n drop copy paste works only from guest to host...
no from host,my win 10, to the guest vm xp pro 32 bits sp3
....even if i choose -bidirectional- in the options....
thxs in adv
cheers

[p060477]

...maybe this is a true bug ...isn't it...??

[mpack]

"Drag and drop" and "copy/paste" are two unrelated features. Which feature are you asking about?

Also, we need a zipped VM log.

[p060477]

obviously : "Drag and drop"...the only able to be setted in devices...

[mpack]

You mention two features right in the topic title, so there is nothing obvious about which one you wanted to talk about.

I have no idea what you mean by "the only able to be setted in devices". As I already said, "drag and drop" and "copy/paste" are two separate and unrelated features, either or both of which can be independently enabled in the VM settings.

And I still do not see the zipped VM log I asked for. The discussion can't proceed until it appears.

[p060477]

but drag n drop do not works at all from host win 10 to guest win xp
is this a virtualbox bug...??

[scottgus1]

I still do not see the zipped VM log I asked for. The discussion can't proceed until it appears.

Last chance, then the lock button will be used.

[p060477]

here it is the log you ask
waiting for yr kind and helpful reply
cheers

[scottgus1]

....
00:00:55.138885 VMMDev: Guest Log: Service 'clipboard' started
....
00:00:55.153705 VMMDev: Guest Log: Service 'draganddrop' started
00:00:55.153731 VMMDev: Guest Log: All services started
....
00:01:55.943596 (last log line)

All Guest additions services started by 55 seconds, and no mention of shared clipboard or drag-n-drop was logged until the log abruptly ended at 1:55, a minute later.

Did you attempt to use either of shared clipboard or drag-n-drop in that minute?

[p060477]

just re-tried now:
drag and drop of a file
from my host win 10
to my guest win xp pro
see the new attached log.zip
thanks

[scottgus1]

I don't see any references to drag-n-drop being used after the services all start at 27 seconds. Could be a bug, possibly from slightly-behind Guest Additions? I don't know enough of the source code to know if there was a major change in these services.

Forum gurus might see something in the log, let's wait a day or two, then we'll see if something can be pointed out.

[p060477]

about guest additions you remember that the newest 7.08 are buggy for guest vm win xp causing a black screen on start...so as for yr suggestion i'm using the 7.06 vers of GAs
ASYK since the issue of win 10, so many years ago,
seems ,surfing the web , that really no one has been able to use drag n drop from
host win 10
to
guest win xp
so this is a bug that afflicts of also the past vb version
and seems not ever fixed up to newest,7.06 or 7.08

[scottgus1]

the newest 7.08 are buggy for guest vm win xp causing a black screen on start...so as for yr suggestion i'm using the 7.06 vers of GAs

Yes, that is the case now.

Drag-n-Drop seems to have had issues for a while. Most forum gurus have not bothered using it and use Virtualbox Shared Folders or real shared folders instead.

You can post a Bugtracker if you'd like to.

[An]

I have the same problem. Managaged to Install VB 7/23 in Linux Kali 7/23 but clipboard dont work...
Do I need to go to an older version ?

[scottgus1]

I have the same problem. ... clipboard dont work...

This problem was about drag-n-drop. You're asking about clipboard. So you don't have the same problem. Or you asked about it in a non-understandable way.

Managaged to Install VB 7/23 in Linux Kali 7/23

I don't recognize version numbers like "7/23" for either Virtualbox or Kali. "7/23" could be a date, or maybe an autocorrect gone awry?

Please start a new topic, clearing up these questions, and we'll see what we can do for you.