Vista - transfer files from vista to virtual pc.

I have installed virtual PC, installed Windows 98 and it appears to be
running OK. However, I cannot open a simple notepad file that is in Vista
Home Premium, in Win98. Nor can I transfer any other file for that matter.
How can I do this? Tried to open a Doc file that I have in Vista,. in Word97
that I have in Win98. Can't do it. All I get is an error message.

Thanks, AL

"Alfred Lorona" <w6wqc@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:zgujk.2798$r55.143@xxxxxx
Have you installed the Additions?
As a general rule when asking for support in a technical newsgroup, there is
very little point in saying that you "get an error message" if you don't
actually tell the group what that error message is...

Help us to help you...


--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

I wrote:
Mark wrote:
I don't really know. I go to the Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 page and click to
download the 'Install or update VM Additions....' and click 'continue'. I
get a screen message that says 'Remove VM additions'. Well, since I don't
want to remove additions I do not click 'remove', instead I click 'cancel'
which is the only other choice.

But then the screen says 'Are you sure you want to cancel VM addtions
installation'. This leaves me very confused. I click 'yes'. Then the screen
says 'Setup was interrupted before VM could be completely removed' so I
figure I did the right thing in clicking 'yes' because I don't want to
remove VM.

IMHO this is very bad writing. Don't these guys every read what they write?
Anyway, back to the additions. I have no idea. I don't know how to find out.
The error message is: An error in Virtual PC has occurred (d1)

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:16:08 -0700, "Alfred Lorona"
<w6wqc@xxxxxx> wrote:
Are you able to move the mouse pointer into the guest window and
activate a menu or do something else inside the guest, and then move
the mouse out from the window into the host and do something there as
well?
If you can then you have the additions installed because if not then
you would have to hit the "host" key (by default the right-Alt key) in
order to "un-capture" the mouse pointer inside the guest and get it
back to the host.

--
Bo Berglund

Yes, I can do all that. Don't need to hit the 'host' key. thanks for your
patience.

AL