Shared folders, as many of you know, is the fastest and easiest way to share files between different Windows devices that are connected to the same network (in fact, you can also create shared folders between PC / macOS / Linux devices). However, we often use virtual machines with programs like the one in our tutorial today, VirtualBox, and we want to have this easily accessible shared folder to transfer our files. That's what our mini-tutorial for today is for, how to create a network shared folder through VirtualBox, do not miss our simple steps if you have come here looking for this tutorial.
It is simpler than you might imagine, and once created we will be able to share files between our physical PC and our virtual machine created with VirtualBox. Follow these simple steps to the letter:
- We create a virtual machine with VirtualBox. Regardless of the physical equipment we use, macOS, Linux or any version of Windows, it will work just as well.
- Start the virtual machine and go to the section «devices»From the top menu to activate the function that interests us. Click on «install guest additions«.
- Now we will navigate through our virtual machine, in this case Windows for example. We enter "My PC" and we will see a CD Drive that will be named as "VirtualBox Guest Additions«. If we click twice on it, an executable will open.
- All the necessary functions to create a network shared folder will be installed.
- We will return to the same «devices» section as before, but this time we will click on «Share Folders«, And we will click on the folder with the icon "+" that appears to the right.
- It will ask us for a location for this shared folder on the network, we introduce it and that's it.
We can see that shared folder on the network always active on the physical computer that we are using. Quicker and easier than we imagined.