Running windows programs under Linux

[Chris Green]

On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 06:50:39PM +1000, Peter Goggin wrote:
> Further to my earlier message I have installed Virtualbox on my test
> machine. I have installed Windows XP and Office XP in the virtual
> machine. I now want to be able to exchange data betwen the Virtual
> Windows machine and the Ubuntu operating system. So far I have tried
> copying the files to a cd but the virtual machine (Windows XP)
> claims the cd is the wrong format although it was created by a
> windows XP laptop.  I have copied the files to a usb stick but I
> cannot see how to access it from the Virtual XP machine.  Is there
> any way of accessing the virtual machine disk space from the linu
> host and vice versa?
> 
It's *far* simpler than memory sticks etc.

Look under 'Shared Folders' in the virtual machine's settings.  There
you can make any of the host machines directories visible to the guest
machine.

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Chris Green