id summary reporter owner description type status component version resolution keywords cc guest host 18724 VBox 5.2.x: VBoxManage copyto --target-directory now requires an ending slash for guests => fixed in 5.2.x x>32 kboortz paulson "The ""VBoxManage copyto"" destination directory given to ""--target-directory"" for a Windows guest now requires an ending slash. I assume this is not an intentional change. The error message when leaving out the ending slash in the destination ""C:/tmp"" is VBoxManage: error: File copy failed VBoxManage: error: Copying file ""/tmp/foo"" to guest failed: VERR_ACCESS_DENIED VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80bb0005), component GuestSessionWrap, interface IGuestSession VBoxManage: error: Context: ""int gctlCopyFileToDest(COPYCONTEXT*, const char*, const char*, gctlCopyFlags)"" at line 2176 of file VBoxManageGuestCtrl.cpp VBoxManage: error: Copying file ""/tmp/foo"" to guest failed: VERR_ACCESS_DENIED. VBoxManage: error: Error processing ""/tmp/foo"", rc=VERR_GENERAL_FAILURE " defect closed other VirtualBox 5.2.30 fixed VBoxManage copyto target-directory Windows Solaris