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    Cannot Copy/Paste and Drag/Drop files between Windows and Kali (Virtualbox)

    Hello there,
    I just installed Kali 2016.2 and the newest version of Virtualbox (5.1.10) on Windows 10.
    I did the following :
    Code:
    apt-get update
    apt-get upgrade
    apt-get install virtualbox-guest-x11
    reboot
    I activated the Bidirectional option through the VB menu for Copy/paste and Drag n drop.
    I can resize the window, but can't copy/paste or drop any file.

    This is what I already tried : https://forums.kali.org/showthread.p...ing-Virtualbox

    I also tried the following :
    Code:
    apt-get install virtualbox-*
    I still can't make it work after hours of testing/rebooting...please can someone help me?
    Thanks.


    EDIT: using the traditionnal method with the linux headers and the guest addition CD wasn't better. I guess the problem comes from the kernel version : uname -r give 4.6 but apt-get install linux-headers-* only shows 4.8
    Is there a simple way to install/update this kernel without having to compile it from the beginning?
    Last edited by Randomname; 2016-12-04 at 17:35.

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