[muglo] Re: Creating Shared Folder in Virtual Box

  • From: Tom Stewart <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 10:54:12 -0400

Hi Bob,

You need to start the XP OS in order for it to know which guest additions it 
needs to add as the OS boots.
The Devices menu item will then appear on the menu bar.

Good luck

Tom


On 2010-07-07, at 10:31 AM, Bob McDaniel wrote:

> (This is 3rd attempt to post this. The first two were from my new MacBook.)
> 
> I want to create a shared folder in VirtualBox in order to be able to move 
> files from the Mac to WindowsXP. I've opted for this method taken from the VB 
> manual:
> 
> "In the “Devices” menu in the virtual machine’s menu bar, VirtualBox has a 
> handy menu item named “Install guest additions”, which mounts the Guest 
> Additions ISO file inside your virtual machine. A Windows guest should then 
> automatically start the Guest Additions installer, which installs the Guest 
> Additions into your Windows guest."
> 
> The problem is that I cannot find  "Devices" in the menu bar.  See graphic 
> below:
> 
> <Screen shot 2010-07-06 at 11.09.56 PM.png>
> 
> I may be looking in the wrong place.
> 
> Bob

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