Comments on: How to Drag and Drop Files in Hyper-v Virtual Machines?

By: Andy Cippico

Andy Cippico — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 10:01:36 +0000

Thanks but this didn’t work for me. Copying from the host and pasting into an Enhanced Session just gives me a ‘ping’ sound from the speaker.
Windows 10 21H1

By: Sid

Sid — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 07:12:41 +0000

For everybody who is confused with the instructions on using Enhanced Session mode, this guide is talking about using a tool called VMConnect. You can simply search for it on the start menu or type ‘vmconnect’ in Run command. This will bring up a small window very much similar to RDP. Hope that helps.

By: Shams

Shams — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 02:14:54 +0000

In reply to Gonza. No, currently it's not possible to drag and files between hyper-v and the host system.

By: Gonza

Gonza — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 15:41:44 +0000

This is for copy and pastes only. No “drag and drop”. Is there a way to do “drag and drop” instead of copy paste?
Thanks!

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 08:08:06 +0000

Unfortunately, drag and drop between Windows and Linux is not yet supported in Hyper-V.
It is still behind VMware’s VM Tools which allows drag and drop between any OS.

By: Ajay

Ajay — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 16:12:06 +0000

Hi Shais,
Thanks for the nice post. I am wondering if the same works for VM running on Linux OS.
i.e. Host – Windows 10 Pro and VM – Linux.

Please let me know how we could share the files that easily ( like drag and drop) between the two.

Regards
Ajay

By: Vlad

Vlad — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 07:49:38 +0000

Shais,
Thanks for your response but it does not work for me. I set up both machines per your instructions above. Using Copy on VM and then Paste on the host (or the other way around) does not bring anything back for me. I can see my host computer from VM under “Networking”, with the only folder visible is \Users\myusername. So I created an .rtf file in that directory and update it with what I need to paste to the other side, then close file, then open on other side, copy the text on a clipboard and paste where I need it. I can also pass the files same way. Very time consuming. There should be easier way to copy/paste.

By: Shais

Shais — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 06:50:35 +0000

Hi Vlad,

Log on to your virtual machines with enhanced mode and the copy and past work fine.

To switch to enhecned mode, once close the current window of guest machine and open it again.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 06:33:55 +0000

Update to my prev. post:
My host OS running Hyper-V is Win 10 PRO,
guest VM OS – Win 10 Home

By: Vlad

Vlad — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 04:17:23 +0000

Hi Shais, Great article but might be incomplete.
I tried to set drag-and-drop/copy-paste between Hyper-V host and a guest by going thru your Hyper-V Settings 1., then 2. (which seems to be a rephrase of 1) and did the “Enable Guest Services” para 1.
Not sure what your expression I put in { } in “2. Run the Virtual machine and login {with enhanced session mode}” means. I just logged in without “enhanced mode” since I can not see how do to otherwise.
Tried to do “3. Now you should easily transfer files between two system. Try to copy and past some files form the physical machine to virtual machine”, but neither copy-paste nor drag-and-drop worked. Have I missed anything or the instruction omits some steps/pictures?
Also it is not clear how did you get to “system ask you on the display configuration” in the next paragraph and is it relevant to topic above or a completely different theme.
Also, at the end you magically “see the shared drives” but how did you get there? I do not see any on my host/guest.
Please reply at your earliest convenience. I must share files between host and guest and cannot find a complete instruction to do so.
Thanks, Vlad

By: Shais

Shais — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 07:00:18 +0000

In reply to Hussein. You welcome. Please search before ask any question if you want to solve it quickly.If you won't find any solution, ask it through comments.