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Unable to Drag and Drop files
Posted: 24. Jul 2022, 15:57
by tracymartel
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.
Re: Unable to Drag and Drop files
Posted: 24. Jul 2022, 19:28
by scottgus1
The Guest Additions pre-installed in Kali are too far out of date;
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'
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.
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.