Virtual Folders NOT visible on Windows 7 RC x64 shell

[wantilles]

Host:
Arch Linux amd64 with Virtualbox-bin 3.0.0 amd64

Guest:
Windows 7 RC x64

Problem:
Virtual Folders can be found nowhere in the shell-desktop-namespace of Windows 7.

[Perryg]

Are you talking about the network sharing of files or the shared folder that VirtualBox offers?

Shared Folders instructions can be found in the Users Guide in section: 4.6. Folder sharing

[wantilles]

Are you talking about the network sharing of files or the shared folder that VirtualBox offers?

The shared folders that VirtualBox offers. Those that can be setup when the virtual machine is not running, through the VirtualBox GUI.

[Perryg]

OK so for each one of the shares you have listed you will need to setup a mapping in the Win7RC guest.

Open a command window in Win7RC then enter these commands

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net use x: \\vboxsvr\sharename1 -p
net use y: \\vboxsvr\sharename2 -p
net use z: \\vboxsvr\sharename3 -p
Continue until you have them all mapped.

Replace the sharename with the name you gave the share in the settings area and if you use the -p switch it will be persistent. If you take the -p switch out you will need to map it each time you want to use it.

[wantilles]

OK so for each one of the shares you have listed you will need to setup a mapping in the Win7RC guest.

Open a command window in Win7RC then enter these commands

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net use x: \\vboxsvr\sharename1 -p
net use y: \\vboxsvr\sharename2 -p
net use z: \\vboxsvr\sharename3 -p
Continue until you have them all mapped.

Replace the sharename with the name you gave the share in the settings area and if you use the -p switch it will be persistent. If you take the -p switch out you will need to map it each time you want to use it.

There is a catch:

1. I want these to be mapped to network drives.

2. I want these mapped permanently -> I want the system t remember them each time it boots up.



PS: This is obviously a missing feature in VB. Future VB Additions should add such an object to the Windows 7 shell / desktop-namespace.

[Perryg]

There is a failure in Windows 7RC at the moment that is keeping network discovery from working within the Windows file manager. I am sure MS and sun are both working on this, but the statements I sent you is the way to map network drives from the command prompt. The net use is a windows network mapping statement and the -p at the end makes it persistent.

Have you tried the statements? Did they not work for you?