With that, it's easy to share folders between the client and host OS using VirtualBox. From Windows Explorer, click on the Map network drive option, and then map a drive to \\vboxsrv\YOURSHAREDFOLDER Once you know this, mapping shared folders is straightforward. It turns out that there is a magic word you have to know, and that is the share name for the host OS:
Where are Shared Folders in a VirtualBox VM?įortunately a bit of searching yielded this article, which describes the problem nicely. I couldn't see them anywhere within the machine. However, after configuring shared folders in VirtualBox like so:
When you do, they just show up in Windows Explorer and all is good. I'm familiar with VirtualPC and other such products, which allow you to share local folders with the VM. In my adventures with VirtualBox, my latest victory was in figuring out how to share folders between my host OS (Windows 7) and my virtual OS (Windows Server 2008).
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