[Solved] Shared folders NOT working for Windows 8.1 Guest

[Gary Vision]

Hi,

I am a newbie here. Excuse me if I make any silly mistake.

I am running a Windows 7 Host, virtualbox 4.3.10, and a guest of Windows 8.1. This guest runs fine in the sense that I can open IE and browse Internet.

However, the shared folders that I made in the Machine Setting do not work. One share is c:\temp with share name temp with auto-mount.

I tried to manually mount the share \\VBoxsvr\temp, but Windows 8.1 reported the host VBoxsvr cannot be found after some diagnosis.

[mpack]

Did you install the guest additions?

[Gary Vision]

Did you install the guest additions?

I guess I did not. A quick Google search with the key words "Virtualbox guest additions" landed me on the right documentation page and the instructions of how to install guest additions.

Thank you for the information!