File Sharing between virtual machines and host machines in Windows Virtual PC

Windows Virtual PC is a new version of Virtual PC 2007 and can only be installed on Windows 7.

 

Windows Virtual PC is much more powerful than virtual PC 2007. It is more comfortable to dynamically adjust the display resolution of the virtual machine based on the size of the window. The other is to share files with the host conveniently.

 

In virtual PC 2007, the mouse can freely access the virtual machine because a software integrated with vpc2007 is installed in the operating system.ProgramYou can find it. If you are currently using Windows 7 and want to enjoy the excellent experience windows Virtual PC brings to you, you need to install a new version of the operating system and Virtual Machine integrated software.

 

The procedure is very simple. after starting the virtual machine, click the Tools menu, select insert integration disk, unmount the previous version of integration tool from the virtual machine, and install new software in the optical drive of the virtual machine. then, you can find out the benefits of Windows Virtual PC.

 

Special noteAfter the integration feature is enabled, a dialog box will pop up asking you to enter the username and password used for login in the virtual machine, to enable the integration feature. otherwise, you will enter the Windows login interface of the Virtual Machine and enter the user name and password. At this time, the integration feature is not enabled.

 

For example, if you choose to share a hard disk partition with a virtual machine in the integration feature settings, if you did not enter the user name and password when the virtual machine was started, in the Windows login interface of the VM, you cannot see the hard disk partition of the host.

 

TIPS: What if you only want to share a folder, not the entire partition? You can use the SUBST command to map the folder you want to share to a hard disk partition, and then use the integration feature to share the partition with the virtual machine.