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Updated Initial Setup Of The Virtual Machine (VM version 2.1) (markdown)

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Click the drop down arrow on the "Folder Path" dialog box to get this screen:
![](https://i.imgur.com/Qg6L2Ty.jpg)
Click on Other... to see options for where to place the folder on your PC that you want to be accessible from within the VM:
![](https://i.imgur.com/AY3zVaS.jpg)
I typically use a folder on my desktop called "allusers" as you can see in the screenshot and then click **Select Folder**. You will now see that folder location in the dialog box and you should then select the A**uto-mount** option before clicking **OK**.
![](https://i.imgur.com/Ftui1SF.jpg)
Once that is complete, it's moment of truth time....boot up the VM. Locate it in the Virtualbox main menu, right click on it, hover over **Start** and then click **Normal Start**.
![](https://i.imgur.com/O9LuNao.jpg)
Once that part is successful you will see this desktop environment:
![](https://i.imgur.com/cAH6hb8.jpg)
If you look at the information along the right side of the desktop you will notice that the IP Address there is something we have been randomly asssigned (dynamically...DHCP) by the router. That will not work for our purposes and so we need to change that to be the static IP address that we settled upon earlier in this guide. The next phase of this process is likely the most common point of failure for people trying to get this VM up and running the SWG Server. Getting this part right will make everything else relatively easy to do.
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