Question: How Do I Paste in Ubuntu Virtualbox?

Maya Lin-Takahashi
Maya Lin-Takahashi
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Contents How Do I Paste into Virtualbox Ubuntu? Step 3. Test Copy and Paste Between Windows 7 and Ubuntu 16.04. 2 Running in Virtualbox 5.1. 14 Right-Click on...

Question: How Do I Paste in Ubuntu Virtualbox?
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How do I paste into VirtualBox Ubuntu?

Step 3. Test copy and paste between Windows 7 and Ubuntu 16.04. 2 running in VirtualBox 5.1. 14

  1. Right-click on the Windows 7 desktop. …
  2. Name the file: This is a test and double click on it to open it.
  3. Type Hello, World!.
  4. Click Edit then click Select All.
  5. Click Copy.
  6. In Ubuntu 16.04.

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