Missing Menu Items "View" and Devices" in Windows Guest

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vBoxNewBee
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Missing Menu Items "View" and Devices" in Windows Guest

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Hi folks,

Today, after installing VirtualBox 6.1.30, a Windows 10 Pro guest system, the guest extension and the VirtualBox 6.1.30 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack, and experimenting with the system, I encountered the following problem:

In the guest system, only the menu items "File", "Machine", "Input" and "Help" were visible.
The menu items "View" and "Devices" were and are still gone.
In the meantime, a status bar with icons could be seen, via which all device menu items could be reached. This is now also no longer accessible.

Reinstalling VirtualBox did not help.
When creating another guest system, the two menu items and all others were there.

How can I get them back on my 1st Windows guest system?

Thank you very much in advance for your support!
scottgus1
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Primary OS: MS Windows 10
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Guest OSses: Windows, Linux

Re: Missing Menu Items "View" and Devices" in Windows Guest

Post by scottgus1 »

Go to the VM's "User Interface" settings (you'll usually have to go to one of the visible settings like Storage or System to get the Settings window to open, then you'll see "User Interface"). Make sure the missing menu items are highlighted and the Status Bar is checked.
vBoxNewBee
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Re: Missing Menu Items "View" and Devices" in Windows Guest

Post by vBoxNewBee »

Perfect, this is exactly what I was looking for!
Thank you very much!
scottgus1
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Primary OS: MS Windows 10
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Re: Missing Menu Items "View" and Devices" in Windows Guest

Post by scottgus1 »

Great! Glad you're up and running.
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