Question WinFSP & Virtio-IoFS Folder Sharing Problem in VirtManager VM

[ViClicky]

OK, so I installed Windows using QUEMU and Virtmanager, configured everything and I want to share some folders in it. I saw the Samba method and it looked waay to hard to set up. I'm lazy so I just installed

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and set up a virtual file system inside Virtmanager from the GUI entering the path to my folder. Everything works out of the box! But when I try to add another folder from my Linux system as a shared folder trough the Filesystem in Virtmanager it's not being shared. Any help would be appreciated.

Steps to Reproduce:​

1. Install Windows in VM: Use QEMU and VirtManager to install and configure a Windows VM.
2. Set up Folder Sharing:
   • Skip Samba setup.
   • Install WinFSP in the Windows VM.

   • #Starts the VirtIO-FS service
     sc start VirtioFsSvc
     
     #Makes it sticky - start on every restart
     sc create VirtioFsSvc binpath="C:\Program Files\Virtio-Win\VioFS\virtiofs.exe" start=auto depend="WinFsp.Launcher/VirtioFsDrv" DisplayName="Virtio FS Service"

   • In VirtManager, configure a virtual file system via the GUI by entering the path to the folder to the Linux system.
   • Initial folder sharing works as expected.
3. Attempt to Add Another Shared Folder:
   • Use VirtManager's GUI to add an additional folder via the Filesystem option.
   • The second folder does not appear or is not shared.
   • Only the first folder is recognized and shared by Windows

 

[bjordanov]

I am in the same boat as you. Figured out that creating a single File System and symlinking folders into it is also not an option. According to the official Github of the WinFSP project and

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it seems that there's no obvious reason why this would happen. I also tried the latest Beta release there and still have the same problem. Anyone else?