Drag and Drop with VirtualBox

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#1

This is ON Topic (testing windows Builds), but…

I started to have problems with my shared foolder under VirtualBox some days ago.

So, no problemo, I send my application into a web based sharing place and download it from there on Windows (in the same machine, go figure: go to the USA instead of moving from one folder to another…)

But since exe on Windows are around 25MB, this takes forever (from here) and started to bother me seriously.

Then, I recall a function in VirtualBox: Drag and Drop.

Nice ! as a test, I moved (in the wrong way) an image from Windows 10 Pro to a macOS (El Capitan) folder: it works ! (a 25MB file png !).

So I tried to copy with drag and drop my zipped application. That freezed the Windows desktop.

All I want now is to throw the whole out thru the window…

How thins are working for you with VirtualBox (thatis with the last version) ?

#2

I usually enable bidirectional drag-and-drop. Try it.

Settings > General > Advanced. Click the Drag and Drop menu, and make your selection between Disabled, Host to Guest, Guest To Host, and Bidirectional.

#3

Thank you Rick for your answer.

I’ve done it and this is why it worked (once).

I even checked it is still set (as well as Clipboard).

I even checked that I used the last VirtualBox and I am also up to date with WIndows 10.

Talking about Clipboard: it works only if you copy something after Windows runs successfully (the cliboard is empty when VirtualBox is fired)…

#4

Maybe you need this: https://www.smarthomebeginner.com/update-virtualbox-guest-additions-on-windows/

#5

Tank you Rick.

#6