Vista - Question: setting up "my network places" for virtual machines.

Host: Win XP pro

I have a virtual machines that has small traffic between it and the host
machine.

I do not want "additions" for a shared folder.

I want to set it up as a network drive.

So far as i see, I need to set it up in "My network Places".

I have no idea how to describe it.

The "view examples" on the description page is an empty hyperlink.

Any help here?

FACE

"FACE" <AFaceInTheCrowd@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:loteg4tta060l9t6c239f5791nobha8ud5@xxxxxxWell, the Additions have other benefits, besides shared folders. Mouse
improvements, faster screen in the guest (video card enhancements), overall
better performance of the guest. The guest runs MUCH better after the
additions have been installed.
Share the drive in the host. Right click it and choose Share. In the
guest, map a drive letter to the shared host drive. The path will be
\\host computer name\shared drive name".

Doing it this way is faster and more reliable than the "Shared Folders".

On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:01:10 -0400, FACE <AFaceInTheCrowd@xxxxxx>
wrote:
You can do what you want directly on the command prompt on each
machine. We use this method in batch scripts in the startup folder on
machines we need to use specific shared folders.
From the top of my head:

Start on the host by creating a folder and then sharing it on the
network:

c:\>mkdir c:\data\sharedfolder
c:\>net share myshare=c:\data\sharedfolder /unlimited

Then on the guest connect to that share as drive letter W:
c:\>net use W: \\<hostpcname>\myshare /persistent:yes

For this to work the user account on the guest that performs this
operation must also exist on the host as a local user with the same
password. It is possible to also define the user account on the host
to use directly on the command line:

c:\>net use W: \\<hostpcname>\myshare <password> /user:<accountname>
/persistent:yes

If you want write access (default is read only) then you need to go to
the host and use Windows Explorer and rightclick the shared folder and
select properties/security and then for the user's entry allow write
access (or full control).

--

Bo Berglund (Sweden)

On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:17:03 -0400, in microsoft.public.virtualpc, "Bob
Campbell" <bob@xxxxxx>, wrote

Thanks. I needed the example.

FACE