
You can then navigate to the same folder using OI File Manager in BlueStacks. Though BlueStacks does not indicate any file transfer operation, the file will actually be copied to the BlueStacks Shared Folder on Windows. However, this prompt only appears from the BlueStacks Home Screen. You can ignore this prompt and click anywhere outside the message box to dismiss it. If you have already installed an app which works with this type of files, BlueStacks can prompt you to open it suitable app.When BlueStacks is fully ready and running, just drag the particular file from its Windows folder into the BlueStacks interface.Run BlueStacks App Player and let it initialize.There is a simpler way to copy files from Windows into BlueStacks Shared Folder (Windows -> BlueStacks file sharing only). Each of the numeric folders represents a shared folder, and their location is indicated in their Path String values. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ BlueStacks \ Guests \ Android \ SharedFolder.


The default shared folder in Windows is located in C:\ ProgramData\ BlueStacks\ UserData\ SharedFolder (assuming C:\ is your Windows installation drive). In BlueStacks, the same folder is located in (Root)/ sdcard/ bstfolder/ BstSharedFolder.Īdditionally, the default Windows Library folders are accessible from BlueStacks. Just place your file inside it and you can access it from both Windows and BlueStacks. You can easily share files between BlueStacks and Windows using shared folders.
