Using XP Mode

Dear Win7ers:

I have to use an old program (Microsoft Publisher 97) which will
not run fully under Windows 7. I have just installed XP Mode and
installed Publisher under the virtual XP.

My problem is how do I access my files outside of the virtual
machine? The files are accessible on the virtual system through
Explorer. My main hard drive shows under My Computer as "C on Digby".
How do I specify this with "Map Network Drive" to create a drive
letter under XP Mode? (Or is there another way to do it?)
\\Digby\C on Digby\
does not work. Browsing for directories brings up nothing.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

On 2/21/2017 5:38 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
Dear Win7ers:

I have to use an old program (Microsoft Publisher 97) which will
not run fully under Windows 7. I have just installed XP Mode and
installed Publisher under the virtual XP.

My problem is how do I access my files outside of the virtual
machine? The files are accessible on the virtual system through
Explorer. My main hard drive shows under My Computer as "C on Digby".
How do I specify this with "Map Network Drive" to create a drive
letter under XP Mode? (Or is there another way to do it?)
\\Digby\C on Digby\
does not work. Browsing for directories brings up nothing.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

email, DropBox, save to SD or other card ?

Gene Wirchenko wrote:
Dear Win7ers:

I have to use an old program (Microsoft Publisher 97) which will
not run fully under Windows 7. I have just installed XP Mode and
installed Publisher under the virtual XP.

My problem is how do I access my files outside of the virtual
machine? The files are accessible on the virtual system through
Explorer. My main hard drive shows under My Computer as "C on Digby".
How do I specify this with "Map Network Drive" to create a drive
letter under XP Mode? (Or is there another way to do it?)
\\Digby\C on Digby\
does not work. Browsing for directories brings up nothing.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/...(v=ws.10).aspx

"To share host drives

1. Open the Virtual Machines folder. From the Start menu,
click Windows Virtual PC. If the menu item is not visible,
click All Programs, click the Windows Virtual PC folder,
and then click Windows Virtual PC.

2. From the Virtual Machines folder, right-click the name of
the virtual machine and then click Settings. The
Windows Virtual PC Settings page opens.

3. In the left pane, click Integration Features.
In the right pane, click Drives.

4. Review the list of drives, clear the check box of
any drive that you do not want to share, and click OK.
"

Since it's WinXP mode, any add-on which makes this integration
possible, is already installed in the Guest.

The "clever" part of Windows Virtual PC (the successor to VPC2007),
was the removal of any obvious Settings panel. That's how you
end up missing interesting stuff like this.

Just a guess,
Paul

On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:57:26 -0500, Paul
wrote:

Gene Wirchenko wrote:
Dear Win7ers:

I have to use an old program (Microsoft Publisher 97) which will
not run fully under Windows 7. I have just installed XP Mode and
installed Publisher under the virtual XP.

My problem is how do I access my files outside of the virtual
machine? The files are accessible on the virtual system through
Explorer. My main hard drive shows under My Computer as "C on Digby".
How do I specify this with "Map Network Drive" to create a drive
letter under XP Mode? (Or is there another way to do it?)
\\Digby\C on Digby\
does not work. Browsing for directories brings up nothing.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/...(v=ws.10).aspx

"To share host drives

1. Open the Virtual Machines folder. From the Start menu,
click Windows Virtual PC. If the menu item is not visible,
click All Programs, click the Windows Virtual PC folder,
and then click Windows Virtual PC.

2. From the Virtual Machines folder, right-click the name of
the virtual machine and then click Settings. The
Windows Virtual PC Settings page opens.

3. In the left pane, click Integration Features.
In the right pane, click Drives.

4. Review the list of drives, clear the check box of
any drive that you do not want to share, and click OK.
"

The list of drives is:
Digby (C
DVD RW Drive (D PUB_40_CD
Removable Disk (E
Removable Disk (F
Removable Disk (G
Removable Disk (H
Loop (I
Drives that I plug in later
All are checked.

In the VM, C: is the virtual C: (not Digby above). It does not
include my main C: files.

The only drives showing to Publisher (inside the virtual machine)
are A: (floppy), C: (the virtual C, and D: (DVD RW drive).

I can not access Loop either. I: does not work; \\Digby\Loop\
does not work either.

Since it's WinXP mode, any add-on which makes this integration
possible, is already installed in the Guest.

The "clever" part of Windows Virtual PC (the successor to VPC2007),
was the removal of any obvious Settings panel. That's how you
end up missing interesting stuff like this.

There looks to be a piece or two missing yet from my perspective.

Do I have to permit something from outside the virtual machine?
If so, what?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Gene Wirchenko wrote:
On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:57:26 -0500, Paul
wrote:

Gene Wirchenko wrote:
Dear Win7ers:

I have to use an old program (Microsoft Publisher 97) which will
not run fully under Windows 7. I have just installed XP Mode and
installed Publisher under the virtual XP.

My problem is how do I access my files outside of the virtual
machine? The files are accessible on the virtual system through
Explorer. My main hard drive shows under My Computer as "C on Digby".
How do I specify this with "Map Network Drive" to create a drive
letter under XP Mode? (Or is there another way to do it?)
\\Digby\C on Digby\
does not work. Browsing for directories brings up nothing.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/...(v=ws.10).aspx

"To share host drives

1. Open the Virtual Machines folder. From the Start menu,
click Windows Virtual PC. If the menu item is not visible,
click All Programs, click the Windows Virtual PC folder,
and then click Windows Virtual PC.

2. From the Virtual Machines folder, right-click the name of
the virtual machine and then click Settings. The
Windows Virtual PC Settings page opens.

3. In the left pane, click Integration Features.
In the right pane, click Drives.

4. Review the list of drives, clear the check box of
any drive that you do not want to share, and click OK.
"

The list of drives is:
Digby (C
DVD RW Drive (D PUB_40_CD
Removable Disk (E
Removable Disk (F
Removable Disk (G
Removable Disk (H
Loop (I
Drives that I plug in later
All are checked.

In the VM, C: is the virtual C: (not Digby above). It does not
include my main C: files.

The only drives showing to Publisher (inside the virtual machine)
are A: (floppy), C: (the virtual C, and D: (DVD RW drive).

I can not access Loop either. I: does not work; \\Digby\Loop\
does not work either.

Since it's WinXP mode, any add-on which makes this integration
possible, is already installed in the Guest.

The "clever" part of Windows Virtual PC (the successor to VPC2007),
was the removal of any obvious Settings panel. That's how you
end up missing interesting stuff like this.

There looks to be a piece or two missing yet from my perspective.

Do I have to permit something from outside the virtual machine?
If so, what?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Try this one. It shows all the partitions on
the host, showing up under some mythical "Other"
section in WinXP File Explorer.

http://mintywhite.com/xp/share-files...chine-xp-mode/

And that's probably a function of the Integration Features
actually being turned on, and working.

Paul

On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 18:29:17 -0500, Paul
wrote:

Gene Wirchenko wrote:
On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:57:26 -0500, Paul
wrote:

Gene Wirchenko wrote:
Dear Win7ers:

I have to use an old program (Microsoft Publisher 97) which will
not run fully under Windows 7. I have just installed XP Mode and
installed Publisher under the virtual XP.

My problem is how do I access my files outside of the virtual
machine? The files are accessible on the virtual system through
Explorer. My main hard drive shows under My Computer as "C on Digby".
How do I specify this with "Map Network Drive" to create a drive
letter under XP Mode? (Or is there another way to do it?)
\\Digby\C on Digby\
does not work. Browsing for directories brings up nothing.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/...(v=ws.10).aspx

"To share host drives

1. Open the Virtual Machines folder. From the Start menu,
click Windows Virtual PC. If the menu item is not visible,
click All Programs, click the Windows Virtual PC folder,
and then click Windows Virtual PC.

2. From the Virtual Machines folder, right-click the name of
the virtual machine and then click Settings. The
Windows Virtual PC Settings page opens.

3. In the left pane, click Integration Features.
In the right pane, click Drives.

4. Review the list of drives, clear the check box of
any drive that you do not want to share, and click OK.
"

The list of drives is:
Digby (C
DVD RW Drive (D PUB_40_CD
Removable Disk (E
Removable Disk (F
Removable Disk (G
Removable Disk (H
Loop (I
Drives that I plug in later
All are checked.

In the VM, C: is the virtual C: (not Digby above). It does not
include my main C: files.

The only drives showing to Publisher (inside the virtual machine)
are A: (floppy), C: (the virtual C, and D: (DVD RW drive).

I can not access Loop either. I: does not work; \\Digby\Loop\
does not work either.

Since it's WinXP mode, any add-on which makes this integration
possible, is already installed in the Guest.

The "clever" part of Windows Virtual PC (the successor to VPC2007),
was the removal of any obvious Settings panel. That's how you
end up missing interesting stuff like this.

There looks to be a piece or two missing yet from my perspective.

Do I have to permit something from outside the virtual machine?
If so, what?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Try this one. It shows all the partitions on
the host, showing up under some mythical "Other"
section in WinXP File Explorer.

http://mintywhite.com/xp/share-files...chine-xp-mode/

And that's probably a function of the Integration Features
actually being turned on, and working.

Well, from that, I found that I should use \\tsclient. I was
able to set up a
subst m: \\tsclient\c\
Publisher will not recognise the drive m: in its list of drives, but
does recognise in its Find File (under Insert - Picture File). I have
R/W access to my native C: as M: but not under the program that I
need.

I can get at pictures on the native C: by searching for them. I
can not specify the directory. What a roundabout. And not good
enough. I want to be able to write to my native C: directly.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

In article ,
says...

Dear Win7ers:

I have to use an old program (Microsoft Publisher 97) which will
not run fully under Windows 7. I have just installed XP Mode and
installed Publisher under the virtual XP.

My problem is how do I access my files outside of the virtual
machine? The files are accessible on the virtual system through
Explorer. My main hard drive shows under My Computer as "C on Digby".
How do I specify this with "Map Network Drive" to create a drive
letter under XP Mode? (Or is there another way to do it?)
\\Digby\C on Digby\
does not work. Browsing for directories brings up nothing.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko


Your VM will "see" the host as a distinct networked computer. Same as
two physical pcs, share folders on the drive you want to and then
"mount" them on the other pc.

As an example, my host has a shared folder named "Temp" that "Everyone"
can access. This appears as a mountable drive on every other pc on my
network, e.g. open "Workgroup" and double click on your "host" pc and
you'll see a "Temp" folder you can mount, access, manipulate files etc.

From within your VM pc you should also be able to open Workgroup and do
the same. Mount the share giving it a drive letter and away you go.

Gene Wirchenko wrote:
On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 18:29:17 -0500, Paul
wrote:

Gene Wirchenko wrote:
On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:57:26 -0500, Paul
wrote:

Gene Wirchenko wrote:
Dear Win7ers:

I have to use an old program (Microsoft Publisher 97) which will
not run fully under Windows 7. I have just installed XP Mode and
installed Publisher under the virtual XP.

My problem is how do I access my files outside of the virtual
machine? The files are accessible on the virtual system through
Explorer. My main hard drive shows under My Computer as "C on Digby".
How do I specify this with "Map Network Drive" to create a drive
letter under XP Mode? (Or is there another way to do it?)
\\Digby\C on Digby\
does not work. Browsing for directories brings up nothing.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/...(v=ws.10).aspx

"To share host drives

1. Open the Virtual Machines folder. From the Start menu,
click Windows Virtual PC. If the menu item is not visible,
click All Programs, click the Windows Virtual PC folder,
and then click Windows Virtual PC.

2. From the Virtual Machines folder, right-click the name of
the virtual machine and then click Settings. The
Windows Virtual PC Settings page opens.

3. In the left pane, click Integration Features.
In the right pane, click Drives.

4. Review the list of drives, clear the check box of
any drive that you do not want to share, and click OK.
"
The list of drives is:
Digby (C
DVD RW Drive (D PUB_40_CD
Removable Disk (E
Removable Disk (F
Removable Disk (G
Removable Disk (H
Loop (I
Drives that I plug in later
All are checked.

In the VM, C: is the virtual C: (not Digby above). It does not
include my main C: files.

The only drives showing to Publisher (inside the virtual machine)
are A: (floppy), C: (the virtual C, and D: (DVD RW drive).

I can not access Loop either. I: does not work; \\Digby\Loop\
does not work either.

Since it's WinXP mode, any add-on which makes this integration
possible, is already installed in the Guest.

The "clever" part of Windows Virtual PC (the successor to VPC2007),
was the removal of any obvious Settings panel. That's how you
end up missing interesting stuff like this.
There looks to be a piece or two missing yet from my perspective.

Do I have to permit something from outside the virtual machine?
If so, what?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko
Try this one. It shows all the partitions on
the host, showing up under some mythical "Other"
section in WinXP File Explorer.

http://mintywhite.com/xp/share-files...chine-xp-mode/

And that's probably a function of the Integration Features
actually being turned on, and working.

Well, from that, I found that I should use \\tsclient. I was
able to set up a
subst m: \\tsclient\c\
Publisher will not recognise the drive m: in its list of drives, but
does recognise in its Find File (under Insert - Picture File). I have
R/W access to my native C: as M: but not under the program that I
need.

I can get at pictures on the native C: by searching for them. I
can not specify the directory. What a roundabout. And not good
enough. I want to be able to write to my native C: directly.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko


Actually, it works as intended. I tested it here.

I got one of these (3702 link).

Windows6.1-KB958559-x64.msu Windows Virtual PC refresh

And I already had one of these (stored for a rainy day).

WindowsXPMode_en-us.exe 492,597,008 bytes

This is what my results look like.

https://s22.postimg.org/8g2kcxojl/winxp_mode.gif

Paul

On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 22:00:07 -0500, Paul
wrote:

[snip]

Actually, it works as intended. I tested it here.

I am curious as to what the intention was.

I got one of these (3702 link).

Windows6.1-KB958559-x64.msu Windows Virtual PC refresh

And I already had one of these (stored for a rainy day).

WindowsXPMode_en-us.exe 492,597,008 bytes

This is what my results look like.

https://s22.postimg.org/8g2kcxojl/winxp_mode.gif

How do you access those drives? I have a list of them, too, but
I can not get at them with the drive letters.

I have gotten USB to work fine, but I find it very perverse that
I can not access my hard drive. This, using Publisher 97.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Gene Wirchenko wrote:
On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 22:00:07 -0500, Paul
wrote:

[snip]

Actually, it works as intended. I tested it here.

I am curious as to what the intention was.

I got one of these (3702 link).

Windows6.1-KB958559-x64.msu Windows Virtual PC refresh

And I already had one of these (stored for a rainy day).

WindowsXPMode_en-us.exe 492,597,008 bytes

This is what my results look like.

https://s22.postimg.org/8g2kcxojl/winxp_mode.gif

How do you access those drives? I have a list of them, too, but
I can not get at them with the drive letters.

I have gotten USB to work fine, but I find it very perverse that
I can not access my hard drive. This, using Publisher 97.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

The display is rendered via Terminal Services. And that is
apparently for displaying program windows in rootless mode.
(That's an improvement over VPC2007, which didn't use Terminal Services.)

The VM behaves like it was a remote computer, so all
those partitions are file shares. And the shares are supposed
to be set up by the Integration Features.

The Windows Virtual PC package, has a couple ISO files it
uses (as if they were guest CD drives). One of those has the
word "Integration" in the file name, and it's possible
that is what adds support for shared folders and so on.
I would have expected this support to already be installed
in the OS, but maybe some part of that is failing in your
case.

The installation seems to use "XPMUSER" as the account inside
WinXP Mode. I presume something must be added in the host
too, to make sharing easier.

You might also check your WinXP Mode virtual machine and
see if the networking portion is working. If the networking
doesn't have a driver in the Guest, then that would likely
break sharing too.

Really, the Settings panel should be showing the drives.
If the drives aren't listed in the Integration Features
list, then it's going to be pretty hard for other aspects
of it to matter. The drives must be listed, for this to
work. Then, something could be broken inside the WinXP Mode
VM which is preventing sharing from working, such as a
"no network" situation.

Paul

In article ,
, Gene Wirchenko says...

Dear Win7ers:

I have to use an old program (Microsoft Publisher 97) which will
not run fully under Windows 7. I have just installed XP Mode and
installed Publisher under the virtual XP.

My problem is how do I access my files outside of the virtual
machine? The files are accessible on the virtual system through
Explorer. My main hard drive shows under My Computer as "C on Digby".
How do I specify this with "Map Network Drive" to create a drive
letter under XP Mode? (Or is there another way to do it?)
\\Digby\C on Digby\
does not work. Browsing for directories brings up nothing.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Make sure you have Integration Features enabled?

My XP Mode on my laptop shows drives under 'Other'. If I open a folder
and drill in a bit, on say the C: drive, I get a path showing as (eg.)
\\tsclient\C\temp\temp2 .

Obviously, apps that do not support UNC's will have trouble!

Here's a pic of my XP mode...
https://1drv.ms/i/s!AjwgsYmRt63ph9MmuTDGxrIkVekuHA


--
Duncan.