Not seen the shared path

[HuaMin]

Hi,
I am using Vbox 4.2.6 and I've shared one path of the host to the Vbox but I don't know why I don't see it within Win 2008 server that is residing in the Vbox.

[HuaMin]

Dear all,
Any help to this?

[jorgensen]

Same as mapping a serverdrive on a client computer.
VB mapping name something like \\Vboxsvr\d_drive.

[HuaMin]

I did share this to the Vbox like t332.png. But then I've got the message shown by t333.png. Why?

[Martin]

Your shared folder has the logical name "shared", not "c_shared" like in your screenshot.

[HuaMin]

Sorry I still cannot go to that

[noteirak]

What do you see if you navigate to \\vboxsrv?

[HuaMin]

I get the same issue when going to
\\Vboxsrv

[Martin]

The vbox "server" name is vboxsvr, not vboxsrv

[noteirak]

Indeed, my bad.
@HuaMin : please try again with the correct spelling

[Martin]

I still manage to create that typing error myself after all these years. I think the first time was in 2005 with Vbox 1.0.42

[HuaMin]

Many thanks. Sorry for that I still have got this

[Perryg]

My shared folder shows in the main file manager of Windows 7 if you click computer. Also it is \\vboxsrv. If you do not see this then the guest additions are not installed or installed properly.

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Any further help will require a guest log (as an attachment) and the following:
From the hosts terminal/command window type VBoxManage showvminfo <VM Name> --details and post here. Replace <VM Name> with the actual name of the VM. Use " " if the name has a space in it.

Note if the host is Windows you need to be in the directory that has VBoxManage.exe for the command to work.

[HuaMin]

Thanks a lot Perry. Fyi

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C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>vboxmanage showvminfo Win08_Ora_I --details
Name:            Win08_Ora_I
Groups:          /New group
Guest OS:        Windows 2008 (64 bit)
UUID:            67d1c050-928b-47e2-99ce-b9e655f5938c
Config file:     i:\VMs\Win08_Ora_I\Win08_Ora_I.vbox
Snapshot folder: i:\VMs\Win08_Ora_I\Snapshots
Log folder:      i:\VMs\Win08_Ora_I\Logs
Hardware UUID:   67d1c050-928b-47e2-99ce-b9e655f5938c
Memory size:     4096MB
Page Fusion:     off
VRAM size:       18MB
CPU exec cap:    100%
HPET:            off
Chipset:         piix3
Firmware:        BIOS
Number of CPUs:  1
Synthetic Cpu:   off
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode:  message and menu
Boot Device (1): Floppy
Boot Device (2): DVD
Boot Device (3): HardDisk
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI:            on
IOAPIC:          on
PAE:             off
Time offset:     0ms
RTC:             local time
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Hardw. virt.ext exclusive: off
Nested Paging:   on
Large Pages:     on
VT-x VPID:       on
State:           powered off (since 2013-02-21T02:02:05.101000000)
Monitor count:   1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address:
Teleporter Password:
Tracing Enabled: off
Allow Tracing to Access VM: off
Tracing Configuration:
Autostart Enabled: off
Autostart Delay: 0
Storage Controller Name (0):            IDE
Storage Controller Type (0):            PIIX4
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0):  2
Storage Controller Port Count (0):      2
Storage Controller Bootable (0):        on
Storage Controller Name (1):            SATA
Storage Controller Type (1):            IntelAhci
Storage Controller Instance Number (1): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (1):  30
Storage Controller Port Count (1):      1
Storage Controller Bootable (1):        on
IDE (0, 0): D:\dwnld\en_windows_server_2008_r2_with_sp1_x64_dvd_617601.iso (UUID
: 66551d19-ca44-4e7a-bb55-8dd2ebd5eacf)
SATA (0, 0): i:\VMs\Win08_Ora_I\Win08_Ora_I.vdi (UUID: aa788f2d-4af1-4169-8a5d-c
491a9b2072f)
NIC 1:           MAC: 08002722E7DC, Attachment: Internal Network 'intnet', Cable
 connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps,
Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: deny, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 2:           MAC: 080027810158, Attachment: Bridged Interface 'Realtek PCIe
GBE Family Controller', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 8254
0EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: deny, Bandwidth g
roup: none
NIC 3:           disabled
NIC 4:           disabled
NIC 5:           disabled
NIC 6:           disabled
NIC 7:           disabled
NIC 8:           disabled
Pointing Device: USB Tablet
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1:          disabled
UART 2:          disabled
LPT 1:           disabled
LPT 2:           disabled
Audio:           enabled (Driver: DSOUND, Controller: HDA)
Clipboard Mode:  disabled
Drag'n'drop Mode:  disabled
VRDE:            disabled
USB:             enabled
EHCI:            disabled

USB Device Filters:

<none>

Available remote USB devices:

<none>

Currently Attached USB Devices:

<none>

Bandwidth groups:  <none>

Shared folders:

Name: 'shared', Host path: 'C:\shared' (machine mapping), writable

VRDE Connection:    not active
Clients so far:     0

Guest:

Configured memory balloon size:      0 MB

[Perryg]

You have not given me the guests log file (as an attachment) yet but I see the install media is still in the virtual CD/DVD drive. Since you would need to remove that to install the guest additions I am going to say your problem is that you have not installed them yet. Other wise provide the guests log file ( as an attachment) if you need further help.