How to disable popup overlays in VirtualBox 4.3

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cpontus
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How to disable popup overlays in VirtualBox 4.3

Post by cpontus »

Hi,

Is there a way to disable the popup overlays introduced in VirtualBox 4.3? They pile up when I'm launching a VM and I would prefer not to see them like the old versions.
If people want to leave them on there could also be an option for them auto-dismiss after a configurable amount of time.

Chris
ChipMcK
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Re: How to disable popup overlays in VirtualBox 4.3

Post by ChipMcK »

CheckBox Do not show this message again

This is same as previous releases, just the graphics changed.
cpontus
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Re: How to disable popup overlays in VirtualBox 4.3

Post by cpontus »

Got it, I never expanded the message to see the checkbox. Thanks!
jcdsmyth
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Re: How to disable popup overlays in VirtualBox 4.3

Post by jcdsmyth »

I had this problem on Ubuntu, but clicking the check box does nothing. Hitting the enter key after angrily banging on the keyboard seem to fix this.
Speyside
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Re: How to disable popup overlays in VirtualBox 4.3

Post by Speyside »

If you right-click the overlay popup it expands to display a "Do not show this message again" option. Selecting this option worked for me.
poncho524
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Re: How to disable popup overlays in VirtualBox 4.3

Post by poncho524 »

Undocumented feature

Disable all warnings

Code: Select all

VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/SuppressMessages "all"
Syntetik Vision
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Re: How to disable popup overlays in VirtualBox 4.3

Post by Syntetik Vision »

I try the command above but i still got a message box when the guest crash and ask for click ok before goes to aborted state.

Is possible to avoid this windows at all ? I'm using Virtualbox on Windows Server 2016.

Thank you soo much
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Re: How to disable popup overlays in VirtualBox 4.3

Post by scottgus1 »

Syntetik Vision wrote:message box when the guest crash and ask for click ok before goes to aborted state.
Please post a screenshot of this box.
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