Cannot access shared folders (\\vboxsvr\share) from guest OS

[Sootah]

I am running VirtualBox 3.0.2 on a Vista host, guest OS is XP. The internet works just fine in XP, and I've installed Guest Additions; but XP refuses to see any shares that I create. The error given when I try to browse to \\vboxsvr simply states that "Windows cannot find \\vboxsvr".

If I do a "net view" from the guest OS the following message is given:

System error 6118 has occurred.
The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available

However, if I do a "net view" from the Vista host, it will display the hostname of the guest OS.

What's the deal? Why is \\vboxsvr inaccessible?

[Sasquatch]

For the shared folders, you need two things straight. First the name itself, try vboxsrv, so switch the R and the V. The other is the sharing itself. You did share it from the VM settings, right? Not the Host Explorer?

[Perryg]

?
But you may need to map the share to see it.

Code: Select all

net use x: \\vboxsvr\<sharename> -p

Replace <sharename> with the name you gave the share.

EDIT: By the way it is a HOST share and a Guest Mapping. Not the other way around.