How to make copy&paste work between Ubuntu host and Windows 10 guest for a KVM virtual machine?

kvm-copy-paste.md

From Ubuntu: Install kvm

sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-clients bridge-utils virt-manager
sudo systemctl enable libvirtd.service

Download Windows 10 ISO

https://www.microsoft.com/nb-no/software-download/windows10ISO

Start virtual manager

sudo virt-manager

Create the virtual machine

• Select: Create new virtual machine
• Step 1: Select : "Local install media (ISO image)
• Step 2: Provide the path to the downloaded Windows 10 ISO image
• Step 3: Choose memory and CPU settings
• Step 4: Enable storage for this virtual machine. Choose the size of the disk image
• Step 5: Choose the name of the machine, and click "Finish"

After installation of windows 10 in the VM: Download and install spice-guest-tools

From the Windows 10 VM, open Edge web browser and download spice guest tools from

https://www.spice-space.org/download/windows/spice-guest-tools/spice-guest-tools-latest.exe

Then install the guest tools.

Shut down the VM, and exit virtual manager, then restart virt-manager and the Windows 10 VM.

• Use CTRL-C and CTRL-V to copy and paste between the host Ubuntu machine and the guest Windows 10 VM.

This works with Windows 10 guest and Fedora host, but it does not work for Windows 11 guest on the same Fedora host. I even checked that 'Spice server' was set for Windows 11 in Virtual Machine Manager under Display Spice. The VirtIO Windows Guest Tools are also installed.

It does not work for Windows server 2022 guest and Ubuntu 22.04 host