1

i have win7x64 as a guest OS on my virtual box 4.2.16.
usb is not displayed on explorer on the guest OS even after choosing the
appropriate from devices menu

Improve this question
10
  • Is it showing in the device manager?
    – davidbaumann
    Feb 11, 2014 at 7:34
  • ya it is displayed with ** code 10 error this device cannot start **
    – Corleone
    Feb 11, 2014 at 13:16
  • Is it a usual thumb drive?
    – davidbaumann
    Feb 11, 2014 at 16:08
  • Try adding yourself to the Virtual Box users group in Users and Groups
    – C.S.Cameron
    Feb 14, 2014 at 3:40
  • @davidbaumann yup it is it used to work for xp sp-3
    – Corleone
    Feb 16, 2014 at 6:44

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
1

Run these commands: 

VBoxManage list usbhost ## command 1 
VBoxManage list vms ## command 2

With the information from these two commands, run the following:

VBoxManage usbfilter add 0 -target <vmsnumber> -name <[0000]> -action hold -active yes -vendorid <0x0000> -productid <0x0000>

replacing the <> items with their respective values from the commands 1 & 2. Let us know what the command returns.

Improve this answer

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .