[SOLVED]Not able to write to shared drive in Windows 7 guest

[cha0s6983]

As subject says, it's not read-only, that's unchecked.

Shared folders:

Name: 'media', Host path: '/media/Elements/media' (machine mapping), writable
Name: 'sound-dev', Host path: '/media/Elements/media/sound/dev' (machine mapping), writable

Any advice? Please and thanks!

EDIT: I saw this http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic. ... red+folder but figured I'd make a new topic. I have checked and my shares are NOT readonly (as you can see in my info above)!

[stefan.becker]

Try writing in this directory direct on the host. If this fails, this is not a vbox problem and you must use a proper drive / directory for this.

[cha0s6983]

I can... and I also run:

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lsof | grep /media/Elements/media

On the host and nothing is locking it. I'm really confused!

EDIT: I have also tried with it mapped as a drive (M:), and through the \\VBOXSVR\media URI. Neither work.

[cha0s6983]

I rebooted the guest and it worked now. Argh! Sorry to waste everyone's time. =)