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Windows 7 running in VirtualBox cannot see shared folders

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Mar 15, 202667934 views
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I have a VirtualBox instance (running under Mac OS X 10.5) and Windows 7 running in VirtualBox. Everything is otherwise fine, but I cannot understand how to use shared folders. I have added a shared folder in the VM configuration in VirtualBox, but I cannot for the world of me understand how do I a…

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Fix for: Windows 7 running in VirtualBox cannot see shared folders

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Typically it just shows up a fake-virtual-server on the network - you can access it as though you would a file share on some real server. The name is VBOXSVR. I haven't tested Win7 yet, but I have used this functionality on everything from Win200 th…

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