Changing system/app default for settings

[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.

[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:

• VBoxManage list vms

and then for each VM you could apply DnD with:

• VBoxManage modifyvm "<VM>" --draganddrop disabled|hosttoguest[1]

and Shared Clipboard with:

• VBoxManage modifyvm "<VM>" --clipboard disabled|hosttoguest|guesttohost|bidirectional

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^[1]: There seems to be a mistake in the documentation of the "draganddrop" option. The command actually supports all four modes:

• VBoxManage modifyvm "<VM>" --draganddrop disabled|hosttoguest|guesttohost|bidirectional

This is correct in the User Manual, but not in the "VBoxManageHelp.cpp". I've notified the developers about it.