When you’re done, restart the VM when prompted. Follow the installation while accepting the default settings, and install all necessary packages. Then double-click on the mounted CD Drive with VirtualBox Guest Additions software. If you don’t see an autoplay notification, open File Explorer and go to This PC on the left navigation menu. Windows will then prompt you with an autoplay notification similar to the one below. Once you click that, the software will insert and mount its virtual CD into Windows. To install the guest additions software, launch VirtualBox software on the host computer, and turn on the newly created Windows 11 VM.Īfter you log in to Windows 11, on the VM window, click on Device > Insert Guest Additions CD Image… as highlighted below. Once Windows 11 is installed, you can proceed to install the guest additions software in Windows 11. How to install Windows 11 on VirtualBox VM
For help installing Windows 11, read the post below. How to create a Windows 11 virtual machine with VirtualBoxĪfter creating the VM, you can then install Windows 11 on it. If you haven’t done so, read the post below. Once installed, you can create a VM for Windows 11.
If you haven’t already installed VirtualBox, the below will help you get VirtualBox on Windows. How to add VirtualBox guest additions software to Windows 11 VM #Īs mentioned above, VirtualBox guest additions software provides tight integration between the host and virtual machine operating systems enables improvement to the VM graphics performance, shared folder between the host and guest machines, copying and pasting of text, images, and files between the host and guest machine as well as mouse improvement.įor a better experience, you must install this tool in all VMs you create when using VirtualBox. The tool provides tight integration between the host and virtual machine operating systems enables improvement to the VM graphics performance, shared folder between the host and guest machines, copying and pasting of text, images, and files between the host and guest machine as well as mouse improvement.īelow, we’ll show you how to install the guest addition software after installing Windows 11 VM. When you install a new operating system on a VirtualBox virtual machine, your first task should always be to install its guest additions software, and the steps below show you how to do that.
The VirtualBox guest additions package enhances the virtual guest machine and improves the management of the machine.
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