> I've just upgraded to Win 7 RTM & WVPC RC from Win 7 RC & WVPC beta. I'm
> using a VM image created with VPC 2007 on Vista. Moving the VM from VPC to
> WVPC went OK, once I jumped through the hoops (enabling integration, etc.)
> and I automatically saw all the host drives on the guest. But, now that I've
> gone to W7 and WPC RC I am not seeing any of the drives of the host. In all
> of these configurations the host is the 64 bit version and the VM is XP SP3,
> although I've gotten the same results with an XP SP2 VM as well.
>
> The WVPC Help says, after shutting down the VM:
> To share host drives
>
> Open the Virtual Machines folder. From the Start menu, click Virtual
> Machines. If the menu item is not visible, click All Programs, click Windows
> Virtual PC, and then click Virtual Machines.
>
> From the Virtual Machines folder, right-click the name of the virtual
> machine and then click Settings. The Windows Virtual PC Settings page opens.
>
> In the left pane, click Integration Features. In the right pane, click
> Drives.
>
> Review the list of drives, clear the check box of any drive that you do not
> want to share, and click OK.
>
>
>
> This might work, if there was a Settings menu option. I can choose from
> Open, Pin, Cut, Copy, Paste, Restore to Previous Version, Send to or select
> Properties, but there is no Settings in sight.
>
> Any ideas or suggestion to access the host drives?
>
>
> Steve S.

> "S2" wrote:
>
>> I've just upgraded to Win 7 RTM & WVPC RC from Win 7 RC & WVPC beta. I'm
>> using a VM image created with VPC 2007 on Vista. Moving the VM from VPC
>> to
>> WVPC went OK, once I jumped through the hoops (enabling integration,
>> etc.)
>> and I automatically saw all the host drives on the guest. But, now that
>> I've
>> gone to W7 and WPC RC I am not seeing any of the drives of the host. In
>> all
>> of these configurations the host is the 64 bit version and the VM is XP
>> SP3,
>> although I've gotten the same results with an XP SP2 VM as well.
>>
>> The WVPC Help says, after shutting down the VM:
>> To share host drives
>>
>> Open the Virtual Machines folder. From the Start menu, click Virtual
>> Machines. If the menu item is not visible, click All Programs, click
>> Windows
>> Virtual PC, and then click Virtual Machines.
>>
>> From the Virtual Machines folder, right-click the name of the virtual
>> machine and then click Settings. The Windows Virtual PC Settings page
>> opens.
>>
>> In the left pane, click Integration Features. In the right pane, click
>> Drives.
>>
>> Review the list of drives, clear the check box of any drive that you do
>> not
>> want to share, and click OK.
>>
>>
>>
>> This might work, if there was a Settings menu option. I can choose from
>> Open, Pin, Cut, Copy, Paste, Restore to Previous Version, Send to or
>> select
>> Properties, but there is no Settings in sight.
>>
>> Any ideas or suggestion to access the host drives?
>>
>>
>> Steve S.
>
> Ok, I figured it out.
> 1. I mis read the instructions and was right clicking on the VPC label
> (MRU)
> in the Start menu, not in the Virtual Machine folder in Windows Explorer
> that
> you are taken to when clicking Virtual Machines in the Start Menu.
>
> 2. There is no need to do step 1 at all. By going to Tools -> Settings in
> running WVPC and selecting Integration Features, which are misleadingly
> set
> to Auto Enable, you can then check the Drives you want to enable (none are
> selected by default, although audio, clipboard, printer and smart cards
> are
> selected by default). Changes made to the running VM may not show until a
> restart.
>
>
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