Other info on the web indicates virtualbox-guest-additions is only for when Linux is a guest, not a host. I installed vbox 5.1.26 on a Gentoo host running Mate 1.12 The wiki led me to beleive that I needed virtualbox-guest-additions to drag and drop between the guest and host. Posted: Fri 1:44 am Post subject: virtualbox questions Gentoo Forums Forum Index Other Things Gentoo In this case, keep searching the web for a solution and be more specific in your search.Gentoo Forums :: View topic - virtualbox questions You may face mouse driver issues, corrupt system files, or something just as serious. If these solutions don’t work either, then you are out of luck with this guide. A helpful workaround is also to cut and paste with the mouse the files that you want to drag and drop. What if this solution did not help? What's next?Īnother quick fix that worked for us was to restart Windows. TIP: Do you know what makes a keyboard great? Read the ultimate guide to gaming keyboards. Then, release the left-click mouse button. While the left click button is held down, press the Escape key on your keyboard once.

When drag and drop does not work, left-click a file in File Explorer and keep the left click mouse button pressed. Unfortunately, we don’t know what’s causing this problem, and we did not find any documentation from Microsoft explaining things clearly.Īdvertisement The solution: Left click a file, keep the left click pressed, and then hit Escape This issue can occur in Windows 10 as well as in Windows 11, and we stumbled upon it when running virtual machines in VMware Workstation Player and VirtualBox. However, the mouse works perfectly well, and there’s nothing apparently wrong with Windows either, except for drag and drop not working. Problem description: You can’t drag and drop!Īt some point, while using Windows, you may end up not being able to drag and drop your files from one place to another using the left-click mouse button. What if this solution did not help? What's next?.

The solution: Left click a file, keep the left click pressed, and then hit Escape.Problem description: You can’t drag and drop!.

How to use virtualbox drag and drop