Cant copy files from Hyper V Windows 11 VM to Host Windows 11 VM

Question

As someone who has been using a VM for work within my personal PC at home for over an year, I copied files and text between my Host PC and VM all the time using the default enchanced sessions.

Past few days I have not been able to do so. Text still gets copied between machines while files arent being copied anymore.
I have looked up online and checked following steps:

1. Ensure in session settings clipboard is enabled.
2. Ensured no Group policy that blocks clipboards between machines.
3. Ensure in enchanced session.

Again, as this used to work until just a few days back im not sure what has changed that has stopped me from being able to copy files now and is a huge blocker in my work flow.
What should I do to reenable this again?

Answer 1

Hello Roy George,

Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.

According to your description, you have confirmed some conditions, here are some additional steps you could check:

1.Integration Services: Verify that the Hyper-V Integration Services are up to date and properly configured. Integration Services are essential for Enhanced Session Mode to function correctly.

You can check the status and version of Integration Services in the VM settings.

2.Restart Services:

Sometimes, restarting the Hyper-V services can resolve issues. You can do this by running the following commands in an elevated PowerShell prompt on the host:

Restart-Service vmms

Restart-Service vmcompute

3.Alternative Methods:

If the above steps do not resolve the issue, consider using alternative methods such as using Copy-VMFile cmdlet in PowerShell or using an external storage device to transfer files

And you could try to create a new vm, separate from the original environment, to test if the Enhanced Mode could work or not, then we could analyze the issue is with your VM or Host.

 

I hope the information above is helpful.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to let us know.

Best Regards,

Daisy Zhou

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