Shared folders, as many of you know, are the quickest and easiest way to share files between different Windows devices 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 VirtualBox, the one we're featuring in today's tutorial, and we want to have this shared folder easily accessible for transferring our files. That's what today's mini-tutorial is for: how to create a shared folder over a network using VirtualBox . Don't miss our simple steps if you've come here looking for this tutorial.
It's simpler than you might think, and once created, you'll be able to share files between your physical PC and your virtual machine created with VirtualBox. Follow these simple steps carefully:
- 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.