Dual desktop ? moving files

I am trying to move files from windows to mac. Not having any luck. Copy and paste does not work. Nor does drop and drag.
When I did the set up with fusion it prompted for isolated or not so much I went for isolated, was that wrong?
Thanks
Jay

Generally, I haven't had much success with direct transfer of files online. It's unclear what kind of a system you're running, Parallels, Fusion, Bootcamp or transfer between 2 stand alone systems.
I have Parallels on my MB and on my new iMac, I'm running Bootcamp. While occasionally I've had success with copy and paste using Parallels, I think the only sure way is to use a jump drive as both OS X and Windows seem to be able to read this method 100% of the time.

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