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Hello all,

in version 4.2.2 is copy and paste text not possible. Host Windows 7_64 Virtualbox OS Debian Squeeze ( up to date).
Guest addition installed, drag an drop etc. set bidirectional

Are there more users with this problem?
How to fix?

Thanks in advance

Mike

You need to enable it in the guest settings or from the guests device tab.

Perryg wrote:You need to enable it in the guest settings or from the guests device tab.

I'm running VirtualBox version 4.2.4. "Bidirectional" HAS been set in both the guest settings and the guests device tab. It does not work. I am unable to copy the text of a model .bashrc file from my PC running Windows 7 professional to my guest Linux Mint 13 .bashrc file. A simple copy and paste job which should work.

Please test this yourself.

Thank you.

I wouldn't have told you if I didn't know it worked. However you are having issues and that needs to be addressed.

Post the guests log file (as an attachment)
See Online Users Manual for the location of the file.

Once I added the first line of my guest .bashrc file to read

#!/bin/sh -e

I had no problem copying the text from my Win7 model file and pasting it and all of my other copied lines. I'm sharing this info in hopes it helps others like me.