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I wanted to enable copying and pasting between my host and guest machines, so I installed VirtualBox Guest Additions. As a result, I became able to copy and paste text, but still unable to share files.
According to this answer, one solution is to:

  1. install VirtualBox Extension Pack
  2. Establish a shared folder between both machines

This is not effective for me and I am trying to find a way for directly copying and pasting files between host and guest machines, either with Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V or by dragging and dropping. Could anyone help me?

Ahmed Hussein
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  • Related: [Virtualbox Drag N Drop isn't working](https://askubuntu.com/questions/333616/virtualbox-drag-n-drop-isnt-working) I'm not sure how current those answers are, though. – Eliah Kagan Apr 01 '18 at 04:20
  • what about Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V ? – Ahmed Hussein Apr 01 '18 at 04:21
  • See also this link: [File disappeared dragging it from Windows host to Ubuntu guest in VirtualBox](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1020963/file-disappeared-dragging-it-from-windows-host-to-ubuntu-guest-in-virtualbox). I am not sure that there is a mechanism for sharing files this way. It may be best to establish a shared folder between both machines, even though you would like something simpler. – sudodus Apr 01 '18 at 08:49
  • Check out this answer: https://www.liberiangeek.net/2013/09/copy-paste-virtualbox-host-guest-machines/#comment-41728 – Carlo Wood Nov 14 '18 at 19:12

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