{"id":25499,"date":"2022-09-16T16:14:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T15:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/?p=25499"},"modified":"2022-09-16T16:15:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T15:15:16","slug":"virtualbox-set-up-shared-folders-under-linux-for-windows-guest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/25499\/virtualbox-set-up-shared-folders-under-linux-for-windows-guest\/","title":{"rendered":"VirtualBox &#8211; Set up Shared Folders under Linux for Windows Guest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Set up shared folders in Windows Guest in Linux.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In Linux, I have set up a virtual Windows system in VirtualBox. Folders can be shared between the Linux host and the Windows guest for data exchange.<\/p>\n<p>First we set up the folder. To do this, we edit the virtual machine settings and set up a <a href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/67937\/onedrive-shared-folders-are-only-displayed-as-a-link-url-file\/\" title=\"OneDrive: shared folders are only displayed as a link (*.url file)\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"26\">shared folder<\/a>. We enter the path and can also specify whether it should be opened read-only, for example.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"776\" height=\"586\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_1.png 776w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_1-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_1-768x580.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If not already done, the guest extensions must be installed in the guest system.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"327\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_2.png 396w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_2-300x248.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The shared folder is accessed via the network. To do this, we click on the &#8220;Network&#8221; item in the Explorer. In some circumstances, you may get a message that network discovery is not turned on.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nNetwork discovery is turned off. Network computers and devices are not visible. Turn on network discovery in the Network and Sharing Center.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"164\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_3.png 612w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_3-300x80.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the settings, the network is usually set to &#8220;Public&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"414\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_4.png 585w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_4-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We set this to &#8220;Private&#8221;. Then we can activate the &#8220;Network discovery and file sharing&#8221; in the Explorer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"191\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_5.png 910w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_5-300x63.png 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_5-768x161.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now the VBOXSVR should appear. Through this we access the shared folders:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"196\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_6.png 620w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_6-300x95.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The share appears and we can access the files. In addition, of course, a network drive can be set up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"349\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_7.png 701w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vm_shared_7-300x149.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Set up shared folders in Windows Guest in Linux.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1555],"tags":[730,1682,2071,79,1558],"class_list":["post-25499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software-en","tag-linux","tag-linux-en","tag-virtualbox-en","tag-windows","tag-windows-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}