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2- In your Windows, open the Command Prompt 3- Type E: and press Enter. Then navigate to your shared folder and copy the files there. The shared folder in the virtual box in its simplest term is a folder of the host operating system that you can access from the guest operating system. 1- Create a shared folder in virtual box and check the auto-mount and Make permanent checkboxes. Now you can access all contents contained in the shared drive/folder that you just shared. Click on the top icon in the right-hand corner to add the drive/folder. VirtualBox will open a window 'Shared Folders'.

There are many ways to fix this, but the easiest is to start your the file browser of your Linux system with sudo or, if your Linux doesn't come with an UI, copy the files using sudo.įor instance, if you have the Nautilus file browser installed, run the following on the command line: Click on 'Devices' tab provided on the VM VirtualBox taskbar and select 'Shared Folders' from the drop-down list. You will get messages like 'Access denied' or 'Error while copying' or 'You do not have permissions for this operation'. There are often tricky permission problems that prevent you from copying folders to Windows. Now you should be able to copy files to and from Windows from your Linux host. Sudo mount -t vboxsf -o rw,uid=1000,gid=1000 Documents /home//WinDocuments Shared Folders is a feature where you create a folder on your host and then mount it inside your virtual machines.