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Gents,

What's the best scenario if you want to update your version of virtualbox ?
Do you run the msi install package over a version that already exists or do you uninstall+reboot first and do the installation afterwards ?

I'm also sceptical about what happens if Virtual Machine already exists when you do one or the other upgrade scenario

Thoughts ?

Normally just running the MSI works fine. The only time I had to do an unistall/reboot/install was when I went from V1.6.6 to V2.0.2. I would still reboot after the install. This is Windows that we are talking about, after all.

The %USER_PROFILE%\.VirtualBox directory is untouched by the upgrade, except that any XML files will have their schemas updated on first use after starting the new version.

I have to uninstall the old one, then install the new one on Vista x64. If I don't uninstall first, it acts like it's installing, but doesn't. About box still reports the old version number and the old bugs still exist.