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Hello,
I have a problem with a Windows 10 guest in a Windows 10 host.
I use VirtualBox 5.12.
There are two shared folders. In the folder some exe files are executable and others not. After a double click I get the error message: path not found.
What can it be?

Look at the path being reported in the error message. It will be incorrect in some way.

fraeic wrote:In the folder some exe files are executable and others not.

That's the way things are. Some executables run from network folders, some don't. Talk to Microsoft and/or the software developer. That's how it is. Copy the files locally to the VM.

Thanks for your contributions.
The same VM with Windows 7 works.
So I can not understand where the difference is between w10 and w7.

The error messages in the explorer is : "The specified path does not exist"
But it is possible to rename the file.
The same file can be run from a host Windows 10 system and a real network folder.

Btw "That's the way things are" or "That's how it is" are not helpful.
It is not necessary to write something if you have no idea.

fraeic wrote:So I can not understand where the difference is between w10 and w7.

You need to ask Microsoft.

fraeic wrote:Btw "That's the way things are" or "That's how it is" are not helpful.

Sorry, I can't do anything about the fact that you don't like that expression. You're going to hate that, but "that's the way things are".

fraeic wrote:It is not necessary to write something if you have no idea.

Seriously now? For real? OK, here it goes. I hope you're hungry for the gory details, I tried to save you from that. This is part of my notes on WSUS Offline (WSUSO from here on). I'll cut to the important parts, I won't bore you with even more details.

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Note 1: If you run "UpdateGenerator.exe" from a Windows share that is not mapped (doesn't have a drive letter assigned), you get the following error:

• The script was started from a UNC path.
  Please map a drive letter to the network share.

Note 2: If you run "UpdateInstaller.exe" from a VirtualBox share that is not mapped (does not a drive letter assigned), you get the following error:

• Unable to assign a drive letter
  to the script path \\VBoxSvr\WSUS\client

Note 3: If you run "UpdateInstaller.exe" from a VirtualBox share that is mapped (has a drive letter assigned), you get the following error:

• W:\Client\UpdateInstaller.exe
  The specified path does not exist.
  Check the path and then try again.

Solution 1: Disable UAC control temporarily. Then run "UpdateInstaller.exe" from a mapped share. You can turn off the network if you don't feel protected enough.

Solution 2: Copy the whole "WSUS\Client" sub-directory in the VM. It's several GB.



Explanation
When a user connects to a network share, Windows tries to connect with two sets of credentials. This fails due to the UAC control. It is so by design. For references and further reading on previous reports and the reasoning behind it (read especially the Microsoft links):

• https://www.google.gr/search?q=the+spec ... ualbox.org
• viewtopic.php?f=7&t=48570
• viewtopic.php?f=7&t=40036
• https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5732
• https://web.archive.org/web/20150313193 ... /kb/303308 (from archive.org, the original - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/303308 - seems to be MIA)
• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2019185

It is always nice to be able to discuss things objectively.

Maybe you should go outside and run around the house once. That also reduces aggression.

But thank you anyway for your effort.

I hope you got the info you were looking for. And then some...
I hope you're going to realize that when someone says "accept the facts", you'll do. Or do your own research, that's an option as well, most people do their research before reaching an "educated" conclusion...

Guess: You are using 5.2.12

Perhaps you have updated from 5.1.x

You might need to recreate your shares because they are not correctly transfered to 5.2.x

micado wrote:You might need to recreate your shares because they are not correctly transfered to 5.2.x

My shares have been working the same since the days of 3.x.y something, all the way to the development builds 5.x.97.

Hmm, I switched now several times on two different Laptops from 5.1 to 5.2 Releases and back (because of audio and bridged network issues). I have to recreate the shares every time.

Perhaps I use the wrong termination. I mean not the network share I mean the Shared Folders.

Maybe a log file will help? In VirtualBox manager, right click on the guest and select "Show logs". Save only the first log, zip it and post it here - straight after whatever it is you do that provokes the issue with the shared folders not being created.

-Andy.