Help with Virtualbox Sharing from Host OS [SOLVED]

[sall]

I am running Virtualbox w/o usb support. I have installed the guest additions package through Virtual Box on XP guest OS. I also set up the folder I would like to share from my Gentoo box via the Virtual Box settings for the guest OS. However, I cannot seem to be able to access it anywhere. If I click on guest additions icon in XP under My Computer, it just re-installs the guest addition package. What am I doing wrong here? Thanks in advance!
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Sall

* AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-32
* 1Gb RAM
* 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 x86_64
* Xfce4

[dopester]

Map yourself a new network drive and use the following:

\\vboxsrv\SHARE where SHARE is the name of your share obviously.

[sall]

Thanks for the response the dopester. Anyway you can walk through this? Sorry, I need to brush up on my skills. I've been over sea's for a couple months and haven't had access to a pc running linux.
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Sall

* AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-32
* 1Gb RAM
* 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 x86_64
* Xfce4

[dopester]

Sure.

You can add shares either through the Settings dialog of your virtual machine (under shared folders) or you can add a share on demand when the virtual machine is running via the dropdown menu.
To create a share you have to browse to the folder you want to share (Folder Path) and give it a name (Folder Name).

Now, in Windows XP you rightclick Computer - Map Network Drive or something like that, choose a letter for the drive and enter \\vboxsrv\name where name is the Folder Name you set while creating the share.

Thats it.

[sall]

Beautiful. Already had the folder shared via settings in guest os. Just had to right click on my computer and map the drive. voila complete. Thanks!
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Sall

* AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-32
* 1Gb RAM
* 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 x86_64
* Xfce4