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VirtualBox Shared Folders

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Accessing a Shared Folder from a Windows Guest
On Windows guests, the shared folder should appear as a standard Windows network share listed under ''VirtualBox Shared Folders'', accessible from the ''Network'' option in the ''Start'' menu. If the shared folder is not visible within the Network window (as can sometime be the case), it may be mapped to a disk drive in a command prompt window by issuing the following command:
:<tt>net use ''x<drive>:'' \\vboxsvr\''ShareName''<share name></tt>
where ''x<drive>:'' represent represents the drive letter to be mapped to the shared folder and ''ShareName'' <share name>> is the name assigned to the shared folder during the creation process outlined above. For example, to map a shared folder named ''TempFiles'' to the S: drive on the guest operating system:
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