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Host OS is Debian (jessie); guest OS is 32-bit WindowsXP -- Home Edition (2002).

For the past 18 years I have used Quicken97 with Win95 and then, with WindowsXP. After April 2015 I would prefer to run that application in a VM. Here's my problem.

In order to work with WindowsXP Quicken97 requires that three files be installed in the Windows folder and registered -- IPROF32.DLL, Q_ENCLIB.DLL, and Q_ENCUTL.DLL. The WindowsXP installation CD -- the media I used to install the guest OS -- does not install those files. Typically, after a clean installation of WindowsXP on a real drive I copy those three files from an archive I keep and then, paste them in the Windows folder and reboot to register them. I don't remember from where I got those files some 14 years ago; perhaps, I extracted them from a cabinet but I may have just downloaded them from a dll archive on a website.

Is it possible to add those files to the guest OS? How?

If the three files are in cabinets on the installation disk, would running that disk inside VB as "Repair" make them available and installable?

N.B. If it matters I do not have the Quicken97 CD; thus, I wouldn't be able to reinstall it even if that were a solution.

Copy them in from a shared folder.

I know you can copy text and images between host and guest, but files?

The subject files are on a real partition under host. Is there a way of making them available to the guest for copying?

So if I add a shared folder where the files exist, I'll be able to copy the files from the shared folder to the guest OS?

Yes, that is what my previous words mean. Shared folders are not the clipboard, they do not have the restrictions you mention.

You might find it useful to take a look at the user manual, which introduces these and other concepts. A PDF copy of the user manual can be found in the VirtualBox program folder.