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KARAN JAIN
KARAN JAIN

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Simplify Your Workflow: Effortless File Transfer Between VM and Windows

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Step 1: Creating a folder

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Step 2: Go to properties

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Step 3: Set the shared folder

-->Go to Sharing
-->Then click on Advanced sharing
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-->Then click on (check box) share this folder
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-->Then Go to the permissions and click on the full control
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-->Apply and ok

Step 4: Access the shared folder

--> open virtual machine(In this we are using kali linux)
To access the shared folder We have to give permissions through our terminal
-->open the terminal and give the below commands

sudo usermod -aG vboxsf [username]
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-->Enter your password and you are good to go!

Transfer any file in this shared folder and you can access that file in Windows and a virtual machine both...
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Kartik Shrimali

Informative

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Yugesh

Good one..!

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