VirtualBox: Flash drive not visible in Windows Guest

Maybe this was better asked in a Windows forum but I'll ask here first
I have an installation of Win 7 in VirtualBox and I can check to use my USB flash drive but although in Windows there's a sound notification that a removable drive was connected I can't see it in the Explorer.
Any idea how I can access it under Windows?

Hmm. There is a thread started by yours truly for the same problem (only in x64 Arch hosts), but that was fixed by wonder back in version 4.0.8-2.
Are you also using x64 Arch as host? That thread has "other" solutions. See if those work for you. To be honest, I haven't fired up my win7 vdi in a couple of weeks so I wouldn't know if it works. But I can check tonight.
Here's the thread I was talking about: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=121377
EDIT :: Try what wonder says below first, if you haven't already. Then if that doesn't work, try the thread that I linked.

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