Shared clipboard doesn't work when VM started automatically

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TVG
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Joined: 8. Aug 2022, 16:16

Shared clipboard doesn't work when VM started automatically

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Hello everyone,

When starting my VM manually from the VirtualBox Manager, the bidirectional shared clipboard works as expected. However, if starting the VM automatically the shared clipboard doesn't work.

By "automatically", I mean:
– when the VM autostart with boot: https://linux.m2osw.com/autostart-virtualbox-vms,
or
– when the VM autostart with the opening of a file from the Linux file manager with an app of the VM: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=91799&start=15.

What could be the reason for that? Any idea how to solve this problem?

Host: Ubuntu 22.04
VM: Windows 10
VirtualBox version: 6.1.38 with VBoxGuestAdditions

Many thanks for your help!
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