I am using Windows 10 as my host and Kali Linux 2022 has my guest.
I am unable to drag and drop files from the host to guest and vice versa.
The bidirectional drag'n'drop is on.
Here's the zipped log of my vm.
Unable to Drag and Drop files
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tracymartel
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Unable to Drag and Drop files
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- kali-2022.1-2022-07-24-19-24-13.zip
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scottgus1
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- Primary OS: MS Windows 10
- VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
- Guest OSses: Windows, Linux
Re: Unable to Drag and Drop files
The Guest Additions pre-installed in Kali are too far out of date;
The VM may also benefit from two processors.
Please note that sometimes Drag-n-drop doesn't work well, or a glitch somewhere may seize the VM. Virtualbox Shared Folders, which also require good Guest Additions but no network, or a real shared folder over a Bridged or Host-Only network, are much more reliable.
Guest Additions have prerequisites in Linux, same as Virtualbox on the host, see https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04. ... ions-linux and https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02. ... nux-prereq. Also, watch the terminal installation report when running the GAs installer. Error messages will show if the install ran into a problem.00:00:05.701670 VirtualBox VM 6.1.36 r152435 win.amd64 (Jul 19 2022 21:51:27) release log
00:00:30.331028 VMMDev: Guest Additions information report: Version 6.0.0 r127566 '6.0.0'
The VM may also benefit from two processors.
Please note that sometimes Drag-n-drop doesn't work well, or a glitch somewhere may seize the VM. Virtualbox Shared Folders, which also require good Guest Additions but no network, or a real shared folder over a Bridged or Host-Only network, are much more reliable.