Dear Pavel Thanks for your explanation , Firstly I installed spice-webdavd-x86-2.0.msi in my guest (XP 32bit) Secondly , I modified the xml file as the webside description . Then I shared one local folder in my host. But, the 'Preferences' function was still useless, couldn't be used ..... Compiled against library: libvirt 1.2.17Using library: libvirt 1.2.17 Using API: QEMU 1.2.17 Running hypervisor: QEMU 1.5.3 Please help me to check it :===================================================================<domain type='kvm'> <name>win7-01</name> <uuid>78f0f542-22d8-4a0b-a2ed-d54c9f9bc506</uuid> <memory unit='KiB'>2097152</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>2097152</currentMemory> <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-rhel7.0.0'>hvm</type> <boot dev='hd'/> <bootmenu enable='yes'/> <bios useserial='yes'/> </os> <features> <acpi/> </features> <cpu mode='host-passthrough'> <topology sockets='2' cores='8' threads='2'/> </cpu> <clock offset='utc'/> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>destroy</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/> <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/win7-01/disk'/> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/> </disk> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci1'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' function='0x7'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci1'> <master startport='0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci2'> <master startport='2'/> :/channel </controller> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/> <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </controller> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:62:0d:aa'/> <source bridge='virbr0'/> <model type='rtl8139'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </interface> <serial type='file'> <source path='/var/lib/libvirt/images/win7-01/console.log'/> <target port='0'/> </serial> <console type='file'> <source path='/var/lib/libvirt/images/win7-01/console.log'/> <target type='serial' port='0'/> </console> <channel type='spicevmc'> <target type='virtio' name='com.redhat.spice.0'/> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/> </channel> <channel type='spiceport'> <source channel='org.spice-space.webdav.0'/> <target type='virtio' name='org.spice-space.webdav.0'/> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='2'/> </channel> <input type='tablet' bus='usb'/> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='spice' autoport='yes' listen='0.0.0.0' keymap='en-us'> <listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/> <mouse mode='server'/> </graphics> <sound model='ac97'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/> </sound> <video> <model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='131072' vgamem='16384' heads='1'> <acceleration accel3d='yes' accel2d='yes'/> </model> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> </video> <redirdev bus='usb' type='spicevmc'> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='4'/> </redirdev> <redirdev bus='usb' type='spicevmc'> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='5'/> </redirdev> <redirdev bus='usb' type='spicevmc'> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='6'/> </redirdev> <redirdev bus='usb' type='spicevmc'> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='3'/> </redirdev> <memballoon model='virtio'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> </domain> <div id="origbody"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="">=================================================================== <div class="paragraph"><div class="title">I didn't use virt-manager to create guest , just start guest with libvirt then use virt-viewer in my host (Win7) to enter it ...... I have read the 'Folder sharing tutorial ' from the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.spice-space.org/spice-user-manual.html#_folder_sharing" rel="noreferrer">http://www.spice-space.org/spice-user-manual.html#_folder_sharing</a>But I am not sure whether I should perform the below processes step by step (1.Using virt-manager ->Add Hardware 2.modify XML 3. run qemu command ) or they are respectively three different methods for enable folder sharing function .... just need to select one of them to execute, it's will be Ok .. <span style="color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Tahoma, Arial, ثخجه, 'Malgun Gothic'; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.1875px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); display: inline !important; float: none;"> Please teach me the detail operation .Thank you very muchBest Regards </div></div>=============================================== <div class="">On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 8:28 AM, Pavel Grunt <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:pgrunt@redhat.com">pgrunt@redhat.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello, Folder sharing works with SPICE. You need to have spice webdav channel and spice-webdavd in the guest. Please see [0] for more details. </blockquote><div>You can download spice-webdavd for your Windows guest from <a target="_blank" href="https://elmarco.fedorapeople.org/spice-webdavd-x86-2.0.msi">https://elmarco.fedorapeople.org/spice-webdavd-x86-2.0.msi</a> </div><blockquote class="" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> Best regards, Pavel [0] <a target="_blank" href="http://www.spice-space.org/spice-user-manual.html#_folder_sharing" rel="noreferrer">http://www.spice-space.org/spice-user-manual.html#_folder_sharing</a> <div><div class=""> On Wed, 2016-03-30 at 11:47 +0800, <a target="_blank" href="mailto:hongzhen_luo@sina.com">hongzhen_luo@sina.com</a> wrote: > Hello > > Do you know how to use the 'Preferences' function in the Virt- > viewer ? I have tried so many methods ,but unfortunately , the > folder sharing was always cannot be used (In the Perferences Window > ,All of items were dimmed state ) ..(virt-viewer-x86-3.1/Host: Win7 > OS 32bit / Guest : win7 OS 32bit) > I am not sure my operation was correct ,because this's my first > time to use this function . So if you know that , please tell me the > details about this function and please teach me how to use it > .Thank you very much .. </div></div>> _______________________________________________ > virt-tools-list mailing list > <a target="_blank" href="mailto:virt-tools-list@redhat.com">virt-tools-list@redhat.com</a> > <a target="_blank" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list" rel="noreferrer">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list</a> </blockquote></div> </div></div></div> </div>