Archives/SFX/Setups fail to open on shared folders *SOLVED*
Posted: 6. Sep 2011, 14:35
I am having issues whereby application setup (exe archives) won't run, spitting out read errors. WinRAR also fails to extract from these Setup files; it also fails to extract from ISOs, RARs or CABs.
I only started noticing it after trying to upgrade my XP base image with nLite, so I could say end of June everything worked.
Here's an example of error from WinRAR "Read error in the file S:\Updates\WindowsXP-WindowsMedia-KB952069-v2-x86-ENU.cab" (when openning the file). Then "The Parameter is incorrect, Read Error in the file".
If I copy the file into C:\ for example, it opens fine.
nLite won't work at all with them; giving me similar errors.
Is there a file open mode of some sort that Shared Folders in VirtualBox has disabled/broken?
I am using the latest release (4.1.2), but the previous one has the same problem.
Regards, Dan
EDIT: I updated Guest Additions and the problem went away
I only started noticing it after trying to upgrade my XP base image with nLite, so I could say end of June everything worked.
Here's an example of error from WinRAR "Read error in the file S:\Updates\WindowsXP-WindowsMedia-KB952069-v2-x86-ENU.cab" (when openning the file). Then "The Parameter is incorrect, Read Error in the file".
If I copy the file into C:\ for example, it opens fine.
nLite won't work at all with them; giving me similar errors.
Is there a file open mode of some sort that Shared Folders in VirtualBox has disabled/broken?
I am using the latest release (4.1.2), but the previous one has the same problem.
Regards, Dan
EDIT: I updated Guest Additions and the problem went away