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I am experiencing issues connecting USB devices to my Windows 10 VM on VirtualBox.  My host is a Dell Inspiron 15 laptop running a fully up-to-date Kubuntu 19.0 (Disco Dingo).

I have also installed the VirtualBox extension pack and enabled USB 2.0 device support under the VM settings.

Other features such as the guest add-ons, shared folders and network bridging work perfectly fine.

If I want to add a USB device on the VirtualBox toolbar, it just says no devices available.

Can anyone help me troubleshoot this?

USB settings of VM:

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Select your VM, click settings, go at USB, ensure that Enable USB Controler is checked, and change the USB version of your controller.

Then try again.

You may also want to check if your user is added to the vboxusers group since additional permissions are needed for using USB devices.

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  • It was like that already. I'm not that stupid lol
    – checkmate
    Commented May 18, 2019 at 18:57
  • At your USB Device filter list can you see your device? When you press + is the USB drive available at your Host machine?
    – gmichos
    Commented May 18, 2019 at 19:00
  • No not at all. That's what's bugging me. I'm not sure if my host system is blocking exposing USB devices to the VM.
    – checkmate
    Commented May 18, 2019 at 20:04
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    Hey that worked! Thanks so much for the help. I found this command: sudo usermod -a -G vboxusers $USER Link to thread: askubuntu.com/questions/377778/how-to-add-users-to-vboxusers
    – checkmate
    Commented May 18, 2019 at 20:31
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    Please edit the correct answer into the answer.
    – Scott - Слава Україні
    Commented May 18, 2019 at 21:58

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