Replace sf_shared with the actual name of the shared directory and name_of_link with whatever you want. In Terminal (assuming that you are in the directory where you want the link to appear and that you've enabled the Nautilus plugin that gives you the context menu option ) do: ln -s /media/sf_shared/ name_of_link.

They're usually named 'sf_name-of-shared-folder'.įor quick access, you may want to create a link to the shared folders in the home folder. Confirm from your media folder if the shared folders are present. This command appends the current user to the vboxsf group, which is the owner of the shared folders (found in /media/ on the Ubuntu box). Am assuming you have already enabled auto-mount while you were adding the folder. Go to the CD Driver and click install the exe file to bring up guest addition install wizard.Ħ.So here is how to access your shared folders on Ubuntu VM(Oracle Virtualbox). Open Computer, you’ll see CD Driver marked as ‘VirtualBox Guest’.Ĥ. If you don’t see the Guest window menu, press right- Ctrl + C on keyboard.ģ. Boot up the Guest OS (Windows 7 in the case), and then go to menu Devices -> Insert Guest Additions CD image. Enable ‘Read-only’ if you DON’T want to add/edit the folder files in Guest.Ģ.Folder Name, auto generated after chosen folder.Folder Path, choose a folder in the Host OS to share with.Click ‘Adds new shared folder’ button in the right.

Navigate to Shared Folders in left pane.

In Virtualbox (6.0.8 in the case), open Settings of the Windows Guest OS.

And this can be done via Shared Folder feature.ġ. One of the top things after installed a virtual machine via VirtualBox is how to transfer files between host OS and guest OS. This quick tutorial shows how to share a folder in Virtualbox Ubuntu host and get access within Windows virtual machine.

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