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According to instructions I found, the shared folder should be located in My Network Places. This is empty, however. I have tried rebooting the VirtualBox - no change.

We need to see a complete VBox.log, from a complete VM run, where the problem occurs:

• Start the VM from cold-boot (not from a paused or saved state) / Observe problem / Shutdown the VM (force close it if you have to).
• With the VM completely shut down (not paused or saved), right-click on the VM in the VirtualBox Manager and select "Show Log".
• Save only the first "VBox.log", ZIP it and attach it to your response. See the "Upload attachment" tab below the reply form.

Here's the log.

PTP23 wrote:According to instructions I found, the shared folder should be located in My Network Places

...after you've installed the Guest Additions. And you haven't installed the Guest Additions in the VM...

I don't know where you found your "instructions" but delete that bookmark from your browser. Unless you didn't follow the instructions closely...

I trust only one set of instructions, and so should you; the User Manual. Specifically ch. 4.3. Shared Folders, where it clearly states:

With the shared folders feature of Oracle VM VirtualBox, you can access files of your host system from within the guest system. This is similar to how you would use network shares in Windows networks, except that shared folders do not require networking, only the Guest Additions.

In the same ch. 4. Guest Additions, you'll find ch. 4.2.1. Guest Additions for Windows. Please read it for more information and follow the instructions...

I've installed the Guest Additions, rebooted, and the folder is still empty.

Reboot the Guest one or more times, in 6.0.x there are some issues with the Shared Folders, take a look at the Known Issues in the "Discuss the 6.0.0 release" post.

Never mind I still wasn't able to locate the Shared Folder but I figured out I can just drag and drop the files I need.