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Shared Folders not showing up W8.1 guest / W8.1 host
Posted: 2. Jan 2014, 22:53
by iGo
How to get the Shared Folders working in W8.1 x64 as host and W8.1 x32 as guest?
VB is the latest 4.3.6, Guest Additions installed, Shared Folders is set as Machine with Auto Mount and Full Access.
When I want to map the network drive in the guest system, I can't see the Shared folders I set up in VB.
On the same W8.1 x64 host with another WXP as guest the Shared Folders work without problem... Both machines have same settings (memory, drives, network, usb etc.), just the guest OS is different.
Re: Shared Folders not showing up W8.1 guest / W8.1 host
Posted: 3. Jan 2014, 00:42
by socratis
Firewall? Network settings? Sharing settings? Workgroup/domain restrictions?
Windows > 7 is way more strict compared to Windows XP.
Re: Shared Folders not showing up W8.1 guest / W8.1 host
Posted: 3. Jan 2014, 10:17
by iGo
Thanks for the reply, but I'm asking the same as you - what to change in default firewall / network settings / sharing settings / God_knows_which_other_setting to show up Shared Folders! I know W7+ is more strict. I'm just trying to find how it's supposed Shared Folders work in W8 guests...
My W8 was installed with default settings - default firewall, default sharing and I cannot connect to a Shared Folder. So the question still remains:
What & how to alter it to be able to connect to a Shared Folder in W8 set up as described in my first post!
Re: Shared Folders not showing up W8.1 guest / W8.1 host
Posted: 3. Jan 2014, 14:47
by socratis
If you are able to get an IP address in your guest and access the network (any aspect of it, not specifics like SharedFolders), usually it is not a VirtualBox issue, but a (Windows) networking idiosyncrasy. You might have better luck in a Windows sharing forum...
Re: Shared Folders not showing up W8.1 guest / W8.1 host
Posted: 6. Jan 2014, 01:17
by iGo
socratis wrote:If you are able to get an IP address in your guest and access the network (any aspect of it, not specifics like SharedFolders), usually it is not a VirtualBox issue, but a (Windows) networking idiosyncrasy. You might have better luck in a Windows sharing forum...
Sorry it seems you're completely off topic and you're just spamming with your useless comments (as pointed out by other forum members in the past). Please if you don't have nothing to say, then please be quiet.
Normal sharing works, just the Shared Folders are not working. Shared Folders cannot be seen, cannot be connected to. Has this anything to do with common Windows Sharing, when normal sharing work? Definitely NOT and therefore I'm asking here in the VBox forum for help!
Re: Shared Folders not showing up W8.1 guest / W8.1 host
Posted: 6. Jan 2014, 11:33
by mpack
Try not to abuse other participants who volunteer to help you, even if you don't think their advice is correct. You're lucky that anyone responded at all, given that you failed to provide...
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