Unable to copy & paste text from host to guest

[MarkFoley]

I'm having exactly the same problem. I hope you don't mind my piggybacking onto this thread. I have host Linux Slackware 64 14.2 and guest VM Windows 7. Both are up-to-date. I'm running VirtualBox 5.1.6. r110634. I have guest extensions installed. My Linux desktop is running KDE and is in folder mode showing the desktop files, one of which is md5sums.exe -- a Windows md5sum executable. I followed the instructions in https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/DnDDebug to set VBOX_RELEASE_LOG=guest_dnd.e.l.l2.l3.f. I tried dragging from the Linux/KDE desktop to the VM desktop. I've attached the log as request. I've also tried copy/paste of simple text and that doesn't work either. I didn't include that test in this log.

Thanks

[socratis]

I hope you don't mind my piggybacking onto this thread.

Actually I do . This is the "Mac OS X Hosts" sub-forum. You're on a "Linus Host", using a "Windows Guest", and that's where I'm moving the messages. Being on the "Mac OS X Hosts" sub-forum makes no sense at all. Also slightly changing the subject to make more sense...

You do not have the Guest Additions (GA) installed in the guest. User Manual, Chapter 4.2.1. Guest Additions for Windows.

[MarkFoley]

Sorry man! I'm a bit dysfunctional with this forum it seems. Adding the guest additions did the trick. I didn't realize that the guest additions and Vbox extensions were different things.

[socratis]

• The Extension Pack get installed on the host and it has to match the VirtualBox version.
• The Guest Additions get installed on the guest and it would be good to match the VirtualBox version.