Sharing files between Host/VM

Since Windows 8.1 I have had Hyper-V installed on my machine. As an MVP I do a lot of demo’s so this is wonderful. I used to have a spare machine running Windows 2008 just for this.

One thing I have found difficult to do, is share files between my VM and the host machine. All the solutions I was coming across were just not as simple as I would like. Until now. I came across this Blog which outlines 5 ways to achieve this.

Below is, in my opinion the easiest way to share files between a host and VM.

1. Start Hyper-V Manager
2. Right click the Hyper-V host and select "Hyper-V Settings"


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3. Ensure the tick box is ticked under Enhanced Session Mode and click OK.

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4. Right click the virtual machine-> Settings -> Integration Services at bottom left hand side of the menu.
5. Check "Guest Services" and click OK.

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6. Start up the virtual machine, copy files from physical machine and paste in to virtual the machine!