Because we are not creating any Windows or NTFS shares between VM and host. Since we are trying to access the Windows folder from Linux, it may be looking for correct permissions. But is it a permission issue inside the virtual machine or on the host Operating System Windows 10 (or Windows 11 in some cases)? Obviously, it is related to permission of the folder or partition. This makes the data transfer quicker between Linux virtual machine and Windows host computer.Īfter attaching the shared folder and mounting it inside the Linux VM, when I tried to open it, I got the error “This location could not be displayed” with “You do not have the permissions necessary to view the contents of sf shared folder name”. As usual, I attached a shared folder to the virtual machine from the host partition/folder. I installed Ubuntu on Windows 10 by using Oracle VirtualBox. Go to the CD Driver and click install the exe file to bring up guest addition install wizard.Ħ.After installing Ubuntu (or any Linux flavours) on Windows host using VirtualBox, if you get an error “You do not have the permissions necessary to view the contents of sf shared folder name” while accessing the shared folders, let me show the steps to fix this error. Open Computer, you’ll see CD Driver marked as ‘VirtualBox Guest’.Ĥ. If you don’t see the Guest window menu, press right- Ctrl + C on keyboard.ģ. Boot up the Guest OS (Windows 7 in the case), and then go to menu Devices -> Insert Guest Additions CD image. Enable ‘Read-only’ if you DON’T want to add/edit the folder files in Guest.Ģ.Folder Name, auto generated after chosen folder.

Folder Path, choose a folder in the Host OS to share with.Click ‘Adds new shared folder’ button in the right.Navigate to Shared Folders in left pane.In Virtualbox (6.0.8 in the case), open Settings of the Windows Guest OS. And this can be done via Shared Folder feature.ġ. One of the top things after installed a virtual machine via VirtualBox is how to transfer files between host OS and guest OS. This quick tutorial shows how to share a folder in Virtualbox Ubuntu host and get access within Windows virtual machine.

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