How to share folder between Ubuntu guest and Windows host in Virtual box

My host is Windows XP , although it matters very less as for most of windows you can guess the process from these steps

Step 1

After you start your virtual machine , Click on Devices and Install Guest Additions , Guest additions is bunch of tools which makes life easy :)

Let the install finish

Step 2

Click Device > Shared folders and click Add

In the window which appears , enter the folder path of windows which you want to share , for example D:\Virtualmachineimages\shared

In Folder name give the friendly name with which you want your folder to appear in Ubuntu , i chose myshared

Select the options to Auto mount and Make permanent if you want this folder to be automatically made available to Ubuntu and changes are synchronized.

Step 3

Add your user with which you are logged into Ubuntu to group named vboxsf

You can do this by going to System > Administration > Users and Groups

Select the user with which you are logged in , Click Advanced settings

Change the group of user to vboxsf

Log out of Ubuntu and login again

Step 4

Go to root folder of Ubuntu

You can see your shared folder at /media/sf_myshared

Enjoy

IF you are struck you can watch the following video also on YouTube