The Auto-mount option is used to mount this shared folder as a mapped drive (Windows) or as a mounted drive (Linux) when the VM is booted up.
Once you have your folder location chosen you can then decide if you want to have its contents be ready only meaning you will only be able to read the files when accessed from the VM and won’t be able to edit or delete them etc. You can click on Other from the dropdown menu under Folder Path to browse the host computer for the folder or you can simply type in the path if you know it off hand. Next you will need to specify what folder on the host computer you want to share with the guest computer (VM). To enable the Shared Folders option you will need to open the VM that you wish to enable this on an go to the Devices menu item and choose Shared Folders and then Shared Folder Settings. If you didn’t know, the host is the computer that is running VirtualBox and has the VMs running on it. Thankfully, there is an option in VirtualBox that allows you to copy files between your VMs and your host. Without this capability you would be doing a lot of emailing files, using online storage or transferring files over the virtual network. If you use any type of virtualization software such as VirtualBox, VMware or Hyper-V then you know how often you have to copy files between your host computer and your guest virtual machines. Freely copy files between your VirtualBox host and guests
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