Where to download VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO?

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The question is: Where to download VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO?

This is what I ask every time that I need to update it. It is here: download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox

The VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO has always been…elusive! And I dread the time when it is due to be updated because I can never find it. A Google search is always needed and even then, the VirtualBox documents don’t seem to point to where the ISO file is actually located. Reddit usually saves my day.

So, one must therefore write a blog post and ‘archive’ this elusive link. Done!

Install VirtualBox Guest Additions a Windows VM

Originally, I had mounted the ISO as a ‘drive’ in VirtualBox on my Linux host. Then, from the Windows guest machine, I accessed the drive and installed from there. Certainly, that is likely what everyone needs to do for a new guest machine.

To upgrade, I now copy the Guest Additions ISO to the Windows guest (usually to the Downloads folder). In the guest machine, I double-click on it to open and then run the .exe installer.

Quick and easy.