I’ve been messing around with this Ubuntu virtual machine I set up in VirtualBox, and I’m hitting a wall with something that’s bugging me. I really want to be able to copy and paste stuff between my Ubuntu VM and my Windows host, but no matter what I try, I just can’t get it to work. It’s such a hassle!

I’ve installed the Guest Additions, thinking that might solve my issue, but I’m still struggling. I can see that there’s an option for “Shared Clipboard” in the settings, but I’m wondering if I missed a step or if there’s something I’m supposed to change after installing those Guest Additions.

I’ve gone through a couple of guides online that swear it’s a simple fix, but maybe I’m just overlooking something obvious. I enabled the clipboard sharing to be bi-directional, which should allow me to copy from my Windows host and paste it in Ubuntu, or vice versa. But honestly, it’s not working at all! I tried rebooting the VM like they suggest, but no luck there.

Has anyone else run into this problem? It’s just frustrating because I’m trying to work on some coding projects and having to type everything manually from one system to another is such a drag. If I could just copy and paste, it would save me so much time and hassle.

Also, I wonder if there are any specific settings in VirtualBox I need to double-check or if there are any particular versions of Ubuntu or VirtualBox that have better compatibility with this feature. I’ve read that sometimes updating VirtualBox can help, but I’m not sure if that’s the issue in my case since I just downloaded it recently.

If anyone has tips or tricks to get this working, or even a step-by-step guide that I might have missed, I would really appreciate it! Just trying to make my workflow smoother, you know? Thanks in advance for any help!