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Changing system/app default for settings
Posted: 18. Jan 2019, 20:31
by jelabarre59
I would like to be able to set the default values for "Shared Clipboard" and "Drag N Drop" on VBox to "Bidirectional". As it is currently I have to go in and change it every time I create a new VM. There should be a way to set my own preferred defaults for any new machines I create.
Re: Changing system/app default for settings
Posted: 18. Jan 2019, 22:13
by socratis
Not an option at the moment.
Although, if you're into programming, you could apply it to all your VMs by walking through the output of:
and then for each VM you could apply DnD with:
and Shared Clipboard with:
[1]: There seems to be a mistake in the documentation of the "draganddrop" option. The command actually supports all four modes:
This is correct in the User Manual, but not in the "VBoxManageHelp.cpp". I've
notified the developers about it.