Shared Folders in beta5
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Apr 26, 2006, 08:39 AM
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 STim Parallels Team Join: Mar 2006 Posts: 831 |
Shared Folders in beta5 Shared folders are folders in your MacOS X file system that are visible to the guest OS also. These folders are used for exchanging files between the primary OS and virtual machine or between several virtual machines. To make shared folders available for your guest OS, the following steps are necessary: 1. Set up the Shared Folder for your VM. To do so power off the VM, then click Edit->Shared Folders. 2. Select the Enabled option. Click OK in the Configuration Editor, then click Save to save the Virtual Machine configuration. 3. Power on the guest OS. Сapture input in the Virtual Machine. 4. After logging on to the guest OS, right-click on “My Computer”, click “Explorer”. 5. Expand “My Network Places” in the left tab. 6. Expand “Entire Network” in the left Tab. 7. Eureka! You see “Parallels Shared Folders”. Please note that it is not recommended to share any system files (such as Applications) with your guest OS. For now, there are three known issues about the Shared Folders: * Shared Folders feature is not available for Windows 2000 guests. * It is not possible to create subfolders in Shared Folder from inside guest OS. * It is not possible to clear “read-only” attribute for the file in a Shared Folder from inside guest OS. |
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Apr 26, 2006, 08:49 AM
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Andrew @ Parallels Parallels Team Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,557 |
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Apr 26, 2006, 08:50 AM
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bug_face_uk Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 3 |
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Apr 26, 2006, 09:20 AM
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Andrew @ Parallels Parallels Team Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,557 |
You can specify read-only attribute for whole shared folder in VM configuration.
__________________ Best Regards, Andrew @ Parallels |
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Apr 26, 2006, 09:29 AM
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vamp07 Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 86 |
On mine you can't get to "entire network" that easily. I know what I am looking for since I use it all the time but in my Parallels machine I need to go to "view workgroup computers" and then on the address bar work my may back up to entire network. Does anybody know why this is? On all my other machines I have the option 5 and 6 as described in the instructions. |
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Apr 26, 2006, 11:34 AM
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serpicolugnut Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 12 |
Not working... I can't seem to get it to work. I'm using PVM b5, and my guest OS is WinXP SP2. My guest OS was installed originally under b1, and has been used under every beta since. I shut it down, went it to the settings and activated shared folders and added my home folder and another folder, and restarted. Still no Parallels folder listed under Entire Network. I also reinstalled Parallels Tools hoping that might do the trick. Still nothing. Also of note, with this latest beta, whenever I start up WinXP, it detects new hardware and tries to install drivers for it (PCI Bridge and VGA Controller). Any ideas? Thanks - can't wait for the final release! |
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Apr 26, 2006, 12:19 PM
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kaufman Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 58 |
Found a way to get this to crash If you open up internet explorer and type \\.host in the address bar, Parallels will crash. I tried this because I wanted to see if I could get directly to the share without going through the Network manager. Michael |
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Apr 26, 2006, 10:29 AM
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adiemask Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 19 |
Itunes in a shared folder Wow! Can't wait to get home and try out B5. A Question: Will I be able to put my Itunes music files in a shared folder and see them from both the host and wiindows xp. It would be nice to be able to buy from itunes store whilst in xp |
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Apr 27, 2006, 08:53 AM
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A4Cab Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 6 |
I set up the shared folder as described in the original post here, but I see no folder when I drill down in the XP network. Other bugginess: Beta4 was much more responsive - the cursor moved fluidly in the VM, and I didn't have to crtl-option to move back and forth from there to OS X, as I must now do again in Beta5. And Beta5 asks me to install a couple of things upon initial loading - PCI bridge and a VGA monitor. Why? |
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Apr 27, 2006, 09:02 AM
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Andrew @ Parallels Parallels Team Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,557 |
A4Cab, Please install/update Parallels Tools. It will fix your mouse and add Shared Folder fuctionality. __________________ Best Regards, Andrew @ Parallels |
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Apr 28, 2006, 05:30 PM
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KaoZ Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 5 |
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I haven't found! thanks |
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Apr 28, 2006, 07:08 PM
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suntzu Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 9 |
I also got problems with Shared Folders. I map the network drive and then open it and it crashes Explorer.exe. I found a work around though. If you click Start | Run and then type 'cmd' (no quotes), and navigate to the drive, you can access you files. So the function works, it's just the GUI part that's having problems. |
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May 14, 2006, 02:48 PM
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nicholst Junior Member Join: May 2006 Posts: 1 |
Explorer.exe crashes on Shared Folder open Quote:
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When I use Explorer to open my \\PSF folder I get "... is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resrouce.... The network name cannot be found." Anyone made any headway on this? (*When* I'm on a network, I've been using Windows sharing from the Mac (host) to the PC (guest), but I'm often offline with no internet, and then that solution doesn't work.) -T |
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Apr 28, 2006, 11:52 PM
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engrProf Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 34 |
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After the installer has finished, there will be a little white square icon with red tool-looking things inside it down on the lower right-hand corner of your XP window. When you brush your mouse over it, it will say "Parallels Tools Center." You can double click on it and open up a dialog that will let you turn tools on and off. |
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Apr 29, 2006, 10:06 AM
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KaoZ Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 5 |
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WONDERFUL!!! with Parallels Tools ... Parallels Workstation is Another World! (the mouse synch make more confortable... and shared folders.. works perfectly) Thanks for this help and your wonderfull software!! I'll buy very soon ;) |
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May 1, 2006, 12:03 PM
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Adam Junior Member Join: May 2006 Posts: 2 |
Parallels Tools is greyed out Quote:
Thanks. |
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Apr 27, 2006, 09:04 AM
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A4Cab Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 6 |
Sorry, I spoke too soon - I didn't realize I should Parallels Tools upon installation of the new Beta. I take it all back after updating the Tools - I now SEE the shared Parallels folder - Eureka indeed! And the jerkiness is gone - while the smooth pointer movement in and out of the VM is back! So it seems Parallels Tools should just be part of the overall installation, not an option. |
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Apr 27, 2006, 10:24 AM
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joem Senior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,275 |
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I discovered that many post upgrade errors went away when I rebooted OSX. __________________ MacBook Pro 2.4G; core 2 duo; 4GB RAM, 500G HD 10.4.11 XP, 768 Meg RAM |
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