Default Import/Export path

[AndyPagin]

It would be nice if preferences included an option to set a default path for appliance imports/exports. I frequently export directly to external hard drives since my workstations have tiny SSDs, it's a bit of a pain having to manually select a path each time.

[mpack]

On import the default folder is set in preferences (Default Machine Folder). On export I'd expect it to default to the same location as last time, but I don't do a lot of exporting.

Why are you using it? Hopefully not for backup purposes.

[taa]

I'm in a similar situation to AndyPagin where I'm exporting appliances and would like to change the default export folder. It doesn't keep the same folder I used last time. I'm on Windows and instead of the default being my %USERPROFILE%\Documents folder, I'd like to organize it better by making it %USERPROFILE%\Documents\ova. How do I do this?

[scottgus1]

taa, this forum is for suggestions, not problems.

To control the destination of the OVA export, use the command line. This line:

vboxmanage export DOS -o "C:\Users\Kids\Documents\ova\dos2.ova"

exported my guest named 'DOS' to the specified folder and file. There are a lot of options, see the manual under 'vboxmanage export'.