Shared folders not accessible for non interactive sessions

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ophiry
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Joined: 21. Feb 2011, 23:59
Primary OS: MS Windows 7
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Guest OSses: Windows 7 Embedded

Shared folders not accessible for non interactive sessions

Post by ophiry »

Hi all.

I'm using Virtual Box 4.0.4 on Windows 7 with Windows 7 embedded VM

Accessing shared folders from an interactive GUI session works fine.
Accessing shared folders from a windows service, after a user has logged on also works.

But if a service runs without any user logging on, the shared folders aren't accessible.

I tried this also with UNC path (\\vboxsrv\<folder>) with the same results.

Ophir
chandler3224
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Joined: 25. Feb 2011, 15:58
Primary OS: MS Windows 7
VBox Version: OSE other
Guest OSses: Windows Server 2008

Re: Shared folders not accessible for non interactive sessions

Post by chandler3224 »

From my experience, you need to check the following setting in the logon tab of the service:
"Allow service to interact with deskop"

This will give the service user network access but it will not be able to access mapped drives so you will need to use the UNC path.
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