Windows VM in Linux
How to install Windows in a virtual machine on Linux
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2 min readOct 28, 2021
Available Microsoft VMs: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/
- Chose your VM
- Select your VM Platform
- Download the .ova image
I went for Win7 with ie11, Win10 image beeing so slow it was unusable on my small NUC desktop.
Install
- Import the .OVA in Virtualbox using the Virtual Appliance tool
- Keep the default settings and Import
Create a system snapshot right now, the Windows image has a 90 days only licence.
- Start the VM. You should not need to enter the password on Win7 image, but if needed > login: IEUser / pwd: Passw0rd!
- Update Windows
- Update IE11 to Edge
Shared Folders
Create a Shared Folder between the host (Linux) and guest (Windows) :
- Create a share folder on Host (ie. ~/Public/VMShare)
- In VM Navigate to Shared Folders and click ‘Adds new shared folder’
- In next pop-up dialog do:
- Folder Path: choose a folder in the Host OS to share with.
- Folder Name: auto generated after chosen folder.
- Enable ‘Auto-mount’.
- Enable ‘Read-only’ if you DON’T want to add/edit the folder files in Guest.
- Mount point: leave it empty.
- Make sure GuestAdditions is installed
- Reboot
The Shared folders will appear on the guest in “Computer”