VirtualBox Windows VM Configuration

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Install Guest Additions

From the Windows VM that has already been installed, open a browser and go to http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/

Navigate to the correct VirtualBox version (read that from VirtualBox menu -> About VirtualBox.

Download the VBoxGuestAdditions_5.1.0.iso (or the correct version).


Important: Download the ISO, and not anything else. There may be other files that look "appropriate" (for example: VirtualBox-5.2.8-121009-Win.exe), but running those won't install guest additions.

Enter it -> VBoxWindowsAdditions-amd64 -> Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your PC? Program name: Oracle VM VirtualBox Guest Additions -> Yes

Install location: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions -> Next -> Select components to install -> trust, install -> Reboot now.

Screen Resolution

Automatically fixed after installing #Install_Guest_Additions#guest additions.

Copy and Paste

Automatically fixed after installing #Install_Guest_Additions#guest additions.

How to Access over Remote Desktop

TODO

Access Samba Server

File Explorer -> \\<name>

Setup Guest Access to Host Filesystem

Export the Directory on the Host

Perform this configuration first:

VirtualBox Virtual Machine Creation - Shared Folders

Mount the Exported Directory

The exported directories on the host are accessible on the Windows guests as Network -> VBOXSVR -> <folder-name>.

In order to map it permanently as a drive:

net use d: \\vboxsvr\ovidiu -p



After some Windows updates, Guest Additions must be re-installed for this to work