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Setup: I have Windows 7 running inside VirtualBox on Mac OS X host. I have a shared drive with some HTML files, that I am mounting as a local drive W: in Windows, from the VirtualBox server \VBOXSVR. I want to look at them with a browser in Windows.

Chrome in Windows 7 opens and shows those HTML files just fine (file:///W:/welcome.html). But Internet Explorer does not, and shows this error instead of the files:

Internet Explorer cannot display the web page

What you can try: [button Diagnose Connection Problems]

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This problem can be caused by a variety of issues, including:

  • Internet connectivity has been lost.
  • The website is temporarily unavailable.
  • The Domain Name Server (DNS) is not reachable.
  • The Domain Name Server (DNS) does not have a listing for the website's domain.
  • If this is an HTTPS (secure) address, click Tools, click Internet Options, click Advanced, and check to be sure the SSL and TLS protocols are enabled under the security section.

For the internet zone in the status bar, it shows:

Internet | Protected Mode: On

IE settings are a mystery to me, and I could possibly get it to work by tweaking IE settings, but I don't know which ones.

How do I make IE show the same files that Chrome is happy to show? (Chrome showing them means that the files themselves are fine, there is something about the setup that just makes IE be a diva.)

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Try this: on the IE menu, Tools > Internet Options > Security tab. Click Local Intranet. Click the Sites button. You should see a set of checkboxes. Make sure Automatically detect and Include all network paths are enabled.

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Didn't help :( did this but still the same. – Jaanus Aug 18 '10 at 2:22
Once you've made the change, does IE show the page in question (W:/welcome.html) as being in the Local Intranet zone? There should be an indicator at the bottom, in the status bar. – boot13 Aug 18 '10 at 18:26
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That error page is kind of weird, but here's a crack at it:

If you map the drive by IP address (or by a FQDN that isn't your domain), the mapped drive will be identified as untrusted (aka Internet Zone).

If you map it by name (\\VBOXSVR\Sharename), and it's still not being auto-recognized as Intranet, then you can add VBOXSRV to the Intranet site list in IE manually (Internet Options-->Security-->Local Intranet-->Sites).

Hopefully that'll help you out.

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Thanks, this did not work. The Windows image is set up with a corporate security/firewall software that I cannot configure. I am starting to think that this software is messing with me. – Jaanus Aug 18 '10 at 2:21
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Why don't you try co copy the files on your windows partition (create a folder on your desktop and drag them there)...

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