

It worked for me so I thought of sharing with everyone too.Īt first I was stuck trying to figure out out to "insert" the Guest Additions CD image in Windows because I presumed it was a separate download that I would have to mount or somehow attach to the virtual CD drive.

Then, populate the Folder Path (or use the drop-down to navigate) with the folder you want shared and make sure "Auto-Mount" and "Make Permanent" are checked. VirtualBox Manager: Open the Shared Folders setting and click the '+' icon to add a new folder.

Step 1 (Shared Folders Setting in VirtualBox Manager) is discussed in section 4.3īecause there isn't an official answer yet and I literally just did this for my OS X/WinXP install, here's what I did:.Step 3 (Guest Additions) mentioned in this response as well as several others, is discussed in great detail in manual sections 4.1 and 4.2.4+ years later after the original reply in 2015, now offers an official user manual in both html and pdf formats, which effectively deprecates the previous version of this answer:
