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I transferred Windows 10 VM from VMware Fusion to VirtualBox. Since then, whenever I start Windows 10 from VirtualBox, I get the Network Error message "Windows cannot access \\vmware-host\Shared Folders\Desktop".

How can it be fixed?

Is that UNC accessed as a true network share or does it use the VMware equivalent to VirtualBox's shared folders provided by the guest additions?

If it is the former then you need to make sure that networking is operating correctly. If it is the latter, then you need to make sure you have installed the Guest Additions and created the shared folder correctly. Either way, the User Manual will be your friend.

-Andy.

EDIT: Corrected spelling

Maybe because there' no VMWare anymore?
Try with the IP address (\\1.2.3.4\Shared Folders\Desktop), try to browse your network.
This is not really a VirtualBox question, it's a Windows networking question, treat it as such...

Thanks guys.

I guess I temporarily fixed it in an inefficient way: change the properties of every folder of My PC from File Explorer, in that I changed the location of the folders to the default location. Then I Shut Down the Windows VM, and deleted all Shared Folders from the VirtualBox. Once Restart the VM, the message disappeared. It buys some time before I have it to read the Virtual Box User Manual.