The following steps describe how to use the Guest Control File Manager.

1. Open the Guest Control File Manager. Do either of the following:

   • In the guest VM, select Machine, File Manager.

   • In , click on the machine name. Click File Manager in the machine tools menu for the VM.

   The left pane shows the files on the host system.

2. Create a guest session.

   At the bottom of the Guest Control File Manager, enter authentication credentials for a user on the guest system.

   Click Create Session.

   The contents of the guest VM file system appears in the right pane of the Guest Control File Manager.

3. Transfer files between the guest and the host system by using the move and copy file transfer icons.

   You can copy and move files from the guest to the host system or from the host system to the guest.

4. Close the Guest Control File Manager.

   Click Close to end the guest session.