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[Solved] WIN 7 Guest show map shared folders [MAC OS X Host]
Posted: 28. Sep 2009, 15:31
by chosemh
I see posts on here with solutions that are supposed to fix this problem, but none seem to work. Can someone please come up with a real solution to make Windows 7 guest pick up the shared folders
I am also running Xp through virtual box and I have no problem mapping my shared folders. However, when I try it on the Windows 7 Guest, it does not even see the shared folder [even though it is present in the virtual box shared folder section]. Somebody help!!!
Re: WIN 7 Guest won't show or map shared folders [MAC OS X Host]
Posted: 28. Sep 2009, 15:43
by Perryg
Windows Vista and Windows 7 both have an issue with the VBox shared folders not showing in the network neighborhood and need to be mapped as a network drive. It then will show in the file manager once you have it mapped.
- 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 (replace share with the name you actually gave the share in the settings)
- 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.
Re: WIN 7 Guest won't show or map shared folders [MAC OS X Host]
Posted: 29. Sep 2009, 18:20
by jalu
Perryg wrote:Windows Vista and Windows 7 both have an issue with the VBox shared folders not showing in the network neighborhood and need to be mapped as a network drive. It then will show in the file manager once you have it mapped.
- 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 (replace share with the name you actually gave the share in the settings)
- 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.
thanks a lot, after two days of headaches it worked like a charme with Windows7 (from a Debian-host)
Re: [Solved] WIN 7 Guest show map shared folders [MAC OS X Host]
Posted: 29. Sep 2009, 18:41
by Perryg
Great! I have marked this topic solved.