How to set guest display size to 1920x1080

[D3KLON]

Hi,

I am using a windows 7 pro guest with windows 11 host. I am trying to set my guest display with no luck. I have done everything Google told me to do. I also need to know how to make a virtual cd. I make it and put the stuff on it and it comes out as 0mb in space.

Thanks!

[FranceBB]

First of all, you need to install the guest additions, so make sure that they're installed in the guest, 'cause otherwise this is not gonna work.
To install the guest additions, start the Win7 guest, then in the toolbar of the VM at the top go to "Devices" and select "Insert Guest Additions CD Image".
Once inserted, go to Computer in the Win7 VM and you're gonna find an exe, click on it and the installation process will begin.
Follow it until the end and then reboot.

In the Virtualbox GUI on the host go to file -> preferences -> display and set it like this:

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Once the guest has rebooted, while the VM is running, open the command line on the host and use this:

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vboxmanage controlvm "Win7" setvideomodehint 1920 1080 32

You should replace "Win7" with the actual name of your VM.
Anyway, if none of this works, then I'm not sure, but up until this point this has always worked for all my VMs.

[D3KLON]

Hi,

I managed to get it to work. Thanks!