Has anyone got any ideas?:smileyconfused:

>>>Has anyone got any ideas?

you have a permissions problem on the folder in the guest. I am running Ubuntu 64 11.04 on the host and a W7 guest shows the same message if I try to drag a file to the host from a folder that does not have permission for the current VM user.

Lou

Hi,Lou

>>you have a permissions problem on the folder in the guest. I am running Ubuntu 64 11.04 on the host and a W7 guest shows the same message if I try to drag a file to the host from a folder that does not have permission for the current VM user.

>>Lou

And what's your further steps to do with it solving this problem?

Thanks.

>> And what's your further steps to do with it solving this problem?

Well, I guess the simple answer is to set the proper permissions

For test purposes, put a file in a separate test folder somewhere to isolate it.

Run Windows Explorer, or whatever file manager you use, as Administrator

Open properties for the test file, and go to the security tab.

Click on Advanced,  and un-check the "inherit from parent blah blah" then click copy. With only a single test file, this should happen quickly.

Edit the permissions for "Everyone" (add everyone if it is not one of the entries) and click full control.

OK, OK

Try the drag and drop.

Note that it simplifies matters a lot if you use the same user/password in the guest as the host.

I create an account in Ubuntu named Administrator and give it the same password, etc.

Lou

Cheers, Yours Udin

>>You are taking about windows 7. What about Windows XP?

No, I am talking about the NTFS file system. Doesn't matter if it is XP or W7, or server 2003/2008

Lou

low and behold im having the same issue but on linux host and yes i installed and reinstalled openvmtools no results its 2023 and the issue persists WOW