Keepass Auto-Type

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Garner1974
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Keepass Auto-Type

Post by Garner1974 »

Hi all,

I have just installed the latest version of virtualbox (6.1.32). Unfortunately, Keepass and Auto-Type does not work anymore.

With the former version it worked like this:
* Cursor is on Login-Fields in the application within the virtualbox.
* Press Host-Key (right Cntrl)
* Press Hotkey for Auto-Type
* Selection of Keepass-entries is shown
* Select one, User and password is inserted into Login-Fields

With the latest version, after selecting one entry, it is not inserted into the application of the virtualbox.

Any suggestions? Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
Best Regards
Christian
Garner1974
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Re: Keepass Auto-Type

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Additional information: "alt-tab" (task switching) within the guest system also not working. With alt-tab host systems tasks are switched.
scottgus1
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Primary OS: MS Windows 10
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Guest OSses: Windows, Linux

Re: Keepass Auto-Type

Post by scottgus1 »

Garner1974 wrote:Press Hotkey for Auto-Type
What is this? What command does the Hotkey run?
Garner1974
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Re: Keepass Auto-Type

Post by Garner1974 »

Ups, today - all of a sudden - it's working!
Best regards
Chris
Garner1974
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Re: Keepass Auto-Type

Post by Garner1974 »

scottgus1 wrote:
Garner1974 wrote:Press Hotkey for Auto-Type
What is this? What command does the Hotkey run?
It's a feature of the password manager "Keepass". By pressing the hotkey I get a popup with possible accounts/passwords. By selecting one, user-id and password are inserted into logon-fields. As mentioned before, today everything works as expected. Thanks anyway for your help.
scottgus1
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Re: Keepass Auto-Type

Post by scottgus1 »

Gotta love those intermittent problems, eh? Glad you're up and running!
oppiman
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Re: Keepass Auto-Type

Post by oppiman »

With 7.02 the issue is back.

Worked nicely on 2 host systems (W10 and W11) with 6.38 and 6.40.

With 7.02, pressing the host key allows for using the keepass hotkey, but nothing gets typed into the client windows (W10)
oppiman
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Re: Keepass Auto-Type

Post by oppiman »

No, just to make me look stupid, today it works again.
(after Windows updates installation and 2 reboots)
;)
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