UTM Guest Tools fails on installation
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Description
After install and run Windows guest on macOS host, the UTM Guest Tools (guest additions) fails with the error:
Original pt-BR:
"Erro ao carregar C:\Arquivos de Programas\Qemu-ga\qga-vss.dll
Não foi possível encontrar o procedimento especificado"
Free english translation:
"Error loading C:\Program Files\Qemu-ga\qga-vss.dll
The specified procedure could not be found"
Well, the file isn't there indeed, so this is probably a consequence of a previous error. I am aware there is some difficulties about accessing network, Internet or shared folder, but without Guest Tools, it will be impossible, though.
UTM version 4.7.5 (118)
QEMU emulator version 11.0.1
macOS version 26.5.1 Tahoe in a MacBook Air M5
Windows XP Professional 2002 SP3 32 bits
Guest Tools: 0.1.271
I found a log in UTM Guest Tools folder, but can't get the file, only look, so I did take a picture, hope it helps:
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Research direction
Reproduce the Guest Tools installation on the listed macOS, UTM, QEMU, and Windows XP versions, then inspect the log in the UTM Guest Tools folder. Done means qga-vss.dll is installed and the Windows guest tools start without the reported loading error.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100