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Thorsten Niehues
Asked: 2017-02-21 00:32:23 +0800 CST

KVM: Copy (drag and drop) files between Ubuntu host to Windows 7 guest

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I am not sure why there is so little clear information in the net about the issue:

I just want to copy (drag and drop) files between the Ubuntu 16.04 host and the Windows 7 client.

I expected this as a basic feature. But it does not work.

16.04

2 Answers

  1. This worked for me. I think it will also work for you.

    1. Download and install spice tool (spice-guest-tools-latest.exe) on your guest OS (Windows 7/8/10).

    2. Restart or shut down your guest OS (Windows 7/8/10).

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  2. Work around #1

    Create a samba share on the host.

    Since client and host should be able to communicate via a virtual network interface - automatically - this is a very easy workaround.

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