[Resolved] VBox-6.0 Win10 Guest Shared Folders Reversed Order

[jagdpanther]

I just updated my host (Linux) install of VirtualBox to version 6.0. I subsequently updated the VBox guest additions in my Win10 Gust to version 6.0. Now in my Win10 Guest the MS Windows file explorer shows all of my shared folders in the reverse order compared to VirtualBox 5.2.22. (In VirtualBox 5 the were listed in alphabetical order)
Back in VBox-5 I named the shared folders like this:
1-source
2-work
3-archive
4-stuff

This way the Win10 assigned drive letters were always the same and in the order I wanted. Now in VBox 6 I am getting:
4-stuff
3-archive
2-work
1-source

How do I have VBox-6 order shared folders the same way they were ordered in VBox-5 ?

[andyp73]

This way the Win10 assigned drive letters were always the same and in the order I wanted.

When you are talking about assigned drive letters it may have been better for diagnostic purposes (and for future readers) if you had shown the assignments for the before and after cases.

The simplest solution is probably to turn off the auto-mount setting within the shared folder configuration and then manually assign the correct drive letters yourself in Windows.

-Andy.

[socratis]

VirtualBox 6.0.0 added a new feature to the Shared Folders options: Mount point. In the VM Settings » Shared Folders you can change where you want the VM to mount the shared folder at. The tooltip reads:

Where to automatically mount the folder in the guest. A drive letter (e.g. 'G:') for Windows and OS/2 guests, path for the others. If left empty the guest will pick something fitting.

I would have missed that feature as well, but I had to translate the control name and the tooltip, and I was "alerted" about their presence...

NOTE: When they talk about "drive letter", they mean it. It's "G:", not "G", it needs the colon (:) to make it work properly. And of course updated Guest Additions...

[jagdpanther]

VirtualBox 6.0.0 added a new feature to the Shared Folders options: Mount point.

Socratis:

Thank you. That solved my issue.

[socratis]

Glad it did! Marking as [Resolved].