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I was wondering if there was any way to move a file / folder from the virtual machine to the host machine? I cannot figure out how to do it other than through website uploading. as you can imagine, that is a bit irritating every time i want to transfer a file

Well you can install the guest additions and then setup folder sharing in the guest settings. Open the guest and map the share.
Section 4.6. Folder sharing of the VirtualBox users guide will explain it to you.

Well, i mean, i have geust additions installed already, and is the shared folder under the devices tab on the VM winow?

i can see it from my vista network page, but i cant access it, it says the network path was not found.

Yes you can setup the shared folder there. Or close the guest and follow this install instruction that I put together.

Process to share a folder for Windows Guest.

• Close the guest (shutdown)
• Open the VirtualBox program and click once on the guest.
• Click settings and then click on shared folders.
• Click the folder with the green + to add a new share
• Click the down arrow on the folder path then click the Folder that says other.
• This brings up a browse window. Browse to the folder that you want to share and click OK.
• This will put the full path in your folder path line
• Click on the box just below that and type shared then press enter.

At this point you have created the shared folder.

• Now open (start) the guest.
• Click the program start button and then open a command window or click in the run box and type cmd and press enter.
• Put this in the command window: net use x: \\vboxsvr\shared -p and press enter
• After this the share will show in the file manager as a mapped drive.

All of this is assuming that you have the guest additions installed. If you don't then it will work for you until you do install the guest additions.

Ok, lets say i made the folder C:\Users shared through Vbox... When im in the geust OS, i open CMD and typed:

net use X: \\VBOXSVR\Users -p

From there i found it on the geust OS.

But now i have another question... How can i do the opposite? like instead of TO the Geust OS, i want to access it from the Host OS. (vista) How can i do that?

That would require a network share and also depends on what you are using for network mode.
Bridged would work fine windows to windows, or host-only along with a second network adapter set to NAT.
But the result is the same. One or many shares between them. Really does not matter as long as you can see them in both environments right?
The VBox share works no matter what you use for the network mode. But the choice of course is yours. As long as you know how and can do the mappings it is all doable. Just remember that you need to look at this like it is (2) separate computers sharing the same case.

I have 3 different computers in my house, they are all connected using my router and i can access them all from this computer using vista's network page... it all works perfectly, im just having problems accessing VB's network.

When i open the network page i see it named VBOX right there:


as you can see, its in my list, but when i try to open/explore it, it sits there loading for a good 15 seconds and then this error pops up:


I dont quite know why its happening

XP firewall maybe?
Other things can be different workgroup or it is in a different address scheme. That's why I said bridged mode for the virtual network adapter.
Did you name the VM VBOX?

i setup the network on the VM as workgroup name WORKGROUP and the machine name to be VBOX...

and the firewall is off

And did you set it up for bridged mode or NAT.
As I said it really needs to be in bridged mode.

Anyway it is late here and I will pick this up tomorrow.

how do i setup a bridged or NAT connection?

Shut down the guest and then open the settings for the VM. Click on network and look for Attached to: Click the down arrow and then select Bridged adapter.
Name: will be the name of the real adapter. Then boot the guest. It should just work since you have a router.

Thank you, sorry it took me so long to reply, but i was away on vacation all weekend, drove 1100 miles lol