windows guests are getting read-only filesystems
Posted: 2. Jun 2022, 16:04
Hi guys,
Am a Linux Mint host running two Windows guests, an XP one and a Windows 7 one. Have noticed on both guests, respective file systems seem to turn to read/only, hence software I write for them will not write locally. Both guests are plain straightforward installations with nothing peculiar over. No additional software, no unusual settings, more or less plain as they come out of the box.
Can use windows file managers to alter the attributes of any given folder to read/write. Windows claims to have done so, yet when I inspect such a folder immediately after I have them changed, they are back to read-only. Looks as if there is some kind of a windows service that restores folders to ro again.
Problem comes before I install the vbox extensions, which makes me believe this is not vbox related. Have attempted some googling, it appears with other Hypervisors as well (eg VMWare).
Is there something that can be done with it?
Am a Linux Mint host running two Windows guests, an XP one and a Windows 7 one. Have noticed on both guests, respective file systems seem to turn to read/only, hence software I write for them will not write locally. Both guests are plain straightforward installations with nothing peculiar over. No additional software, no unusual settings, more or less plain as they come out of the box.
Can use windows file managers to alter the attributes of any given folder to read/write. Windows claims to have done so, yet when I inspect such a folder immediately after I have them changed, they are back to read-only. Looks as if there is some kind of a windows service that restores folders to ro again.
Problem comes before I install the vbox extensions, which makes me believe this is not vbox related. Have attempted some googling, it appears with other Hypervisors as well (eg VMWare).
Is there something that can be done with it?