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--- virt:qemu [2025/03/11 21:13] – added bits about hiding QEMU from the VM phil
+++ virt:qemu [2025/11/18 15:37] (current) – phil
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 As usual, Windows needs some drivers first. Best get the ISO
-[[http://blog.famzah.net/2010/01/09/kvm-qemu-virtio-storage-and-network-drivers-for-32-bit64-bit-windows-7-windows-vista-windows-xp-and-windows-2000/|here]]
+[[https://github.com/virtio-win/kvm-guest-drivers-windows/wiki/Driver-installation|here]]
 or the original ZIP files
 [[http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers|here]].
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 If everything went well, Task Manager's Performance tab should no longer read
 ''Virtual machine: yes'' but ''Virtualization: enabled'' instead.
+===== Sharing Directories with Windows Guests =====
+Using a network filesystem or hacks like sshfs works but feels clumsy. With
+[[https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/|virtiofs]] there finally seems to be a nice
+solution. Tested in libvirt only for now:
+In virt-manager, edit the machine and add a "filesystem" hardware. Use ''virtiofs'' for driver, browse ''source path'' to a local directory which should be shared and choose a name as ''target path''.
+In the Windows VM, install [[https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/howto-windows.html|WinFsp]]. If Virtio-Win drivers are installed, it seems to suffice opening a ''cmd.exe'' as Administrator and calling:
+  C:\> sc start VirtioFsSvc
+The shared directories appear with drive letters Z: and downwards. This might need another call to become persistent upon reboots:
+  C:\> sc config VirtioFsSvc start=auto