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Setup: Win10 on Dell 8900 Virtualbox - Latest version Virtualbox Extensions - Latest version Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - All updates installed Bidirectional Drag/Drop Enabled

I can drag files from Ubuntu to PC without a problem. When I drag from PC to Ubuntu it looks like it is working fine. I get '+ Copy' symbol and I get busy symbol (blue circle) for a second but nothing appears in directory. I've tried Downloads, Documents and Desktop directory as well as others.

The bidirectional clipboard works perfectly.

Any ideas why it doesn't work?

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I figured out it sort of works. The file is transferred to /tmp/VirtualBox Dropped Files/'time stamped dir'/'file'. It doesn't put it in dropped folder. You can manually move it. /tmp/VirtualBox Dropped Files is deleted on reboot.

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    Is this a bug of Virtualbox? I meet this problem on Windows 10 host, with Virtualbox v5.2.6 run Ubuntu 16.04.4 GNOME as guest. – Honghe.Wu Feb 09 '18 at 15:46
  • Looks like it is indeed a bug that is probably specific to the Ubuntu implementation of the Guest Additions: https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/16025?cversion=0&cnum_hist=1 – mltsy Aug 21 '18 at 18:45