

To create a new shared folder, either click the New Folder. While that provides a workaround, the question still remains why did an upgrade from 1.5.6 => 1.6. How to install VirtualBox Guest Addons & mount shared folders 1) Log into your TKL appliance VM shell (as root - using the VBox Window, SSH or WebShell). From there, you can select the guest Settings and navigate to Shared Folders on the left side menu. That resolved the issue.ĭid the same on the 1.6.2 machine (Hardy) and that also resolved the issue on that machine as well. So, I uninstalled the Client for Microsoft Networks and reinstalled. I backed down to 1.5.6 on one of the machines (Gutsy) to see if 1.6.2 was the problem and noticed that I still had no shares.

VirtualBox Guest Additions Service set to Automantic, is stopped andĬould not start the VirtualBox Guest Additions Service on Local Computer.Įrror 1053: The service did not repond to the start or control requestīut I see from 06/10/08 13:18:09 changed by pentagonik that is OK. Reg keys: VboxGuest, VBoxMouse, VBoxService, VBoxSF, vboxvideo Guest = Win2KPro was previously under 1.5.6 The machines were then upgraded again to 1.6.2: I created a Windows XP Virtual machine using VMManger, and installed Windows XP Pro on this machine. After a reboot you should find the folder in your 'My Network Places' branch in the shell explorer: 'My Network Places\Entire Network\VirtualBox Shared Folders'. Nov 2011, 15:25 If these are GA shared folders then all you should need to do is install the GAs inside the guest. However, I should mention that I had also previously upgraded from 1.5.6 to 1.6.0 but dropped back to 1.5.6 because of issues with 1.6.0. I am using VMPlayer 2.5.1, under Windows XP Pro. Re: Accessing Shared Folder in Windows XP by mpack 11. Previous 1.5.6 had no problems with the shares. I had on a the same issues on Win2KPro guest.
