# URsim can not see USB
**URL:** https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/ursim-can-not-see-usb/21846
**Category:** Technical Questions
**Created:** [June 8, 2022, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/ursim-can-not-see-usb/21846 "2022-06-08T10:30:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@giorgigedaminski](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/giorgigedaminski)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2022, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/ursim-can-not-see-usb/21846/1 "2022-06-08T10:30:44Z")
Hello dear community,
I’m trying to open .urp file in URSim, I’m using vmware as virtual machine, but URSim can’t read USB, It even can’t see it. Only once it was opened and then it disappeared. I reinstalled everything now but it still doesn’t work. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
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### Author:  [@efn](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/efn)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2022, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/ursim-can-not-see-usb/21846/2 "2022-06-09T06:36:23Z")
You have not specified, why/if you need the USB at all? 🙂
Do you know about the Programs folder on the desktop of the URSim? If you put your .urp in there, it will be accessible by the corresponding simulator.
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### Author:  [@giorgigedaminski](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/giorgigedaminski)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2022, 6:49am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/ursim-can-not-see-usb/21846/3 "2022-06-09T06:49:45Z")
Hello,
I need to upload file from USB stick to URsim. So, if I want to upload file in those folders first of all I have to open USB stick.
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### Author:  [@efn](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/efn)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2022, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/ursim-can-not-see-usb/21846/4 "2022-06-09T07:03:25Z")
Alright. So you’re not able to open the USB in Linux? You probably need to mount the USB in the virtual machine (disconnect it from Windows).
Another easy method is to copy the files from Windows and to the virtual machine; simply ctrl+c the files and ctrl+v inside the virtual machine. 🙂
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### Author:  [@giorgigedaminski](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/giorgigedaminski)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2022, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/ursim-can-not-see-usb/21846/5 "2022-06-09T07:30:30Z")
I’ve already tried them all but non of them are working. I think there is problem somewhere else.
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### Author:  [@giorgigedaminski](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/giorgigedaminski)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/ursim-can-not-see-usb/21846/6 "2022-06-09T07:31:37Z")
Problem is that I can’t connect memory stick to virtual machine, only the host.
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### Author:  [@efn](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/efn)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2022, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/ursim-can-not-see-usb/21846/7 "2022-06-09T07:43:27Z")
That is weird. I have never had the need to use USB directly in URSim, though, so I can’t say if it is working properly.
Did you try to simply copy - paste the files from Windows to URSim, as I mentioned in the last post?
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### Author:  [@giorgigedaminski](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/giorgigedaminski)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2022, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/ursim-can-not-see-usb/21846/8 "2022-06-09T07:47:12Z")
Yes, But it says that directory can’t be found. I’ll try again different ways possibly it will work once.
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### Author:  [@giorgigedaminski](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/giorgigedaminski)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2022, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/ursim-can-not-see-usb/21846/9 "2022-06-09T08:13:30Z")
I reinstalled everything and then tried copy/paste. It works! Thanks a lot.