Annoying warning message (machine is started) not allowing making changes
Posted: 13. Nov 2020, 10:39
Dear VirtualBox maestros
I have VirtualBox with multipass (new Ubuntu instances manager) on windows 8.1 (company requirements, sorry), so I can create new instances of Ubuntu from a single command line in matter of seconds.
Then, as the “instance cloud” is some kind of virtual/private to multipass, I load VirtualBox from a admin PS with:
& $env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\PSTools\PsExec.exe -s -i $env:VBOX_MSI_INSTALL_PATH\VirtualBox.exe
But I have an issue, with POWERED OFF instances, as I try to make changes (i.e. add a network adapter), the following warning message appear annoyingly every 1 second after I close it.
“The virtual machine you are changing has been started. Only certain settings can be changed while a machine is running. All other changes will be lost if you close this window now”
Giving me only one second (aprox) since I close the window to it pop-ups again.
Machine is Powered off, and able to “suffer” changes, indeed during this second I can (one of hundred tries) to make a change (enable new network interface) and this setting apply correctly.
This happened whereas all instances are down, or another instance is running
Only way to avoid this message is to close the multipass app from taskbar,
I guess, the multipasss app is doing some refreshing thing, or reading something, that mix-up VirtualBox confusing it, so a Powered Off machine seems some short of active for the settings window
Any help ??
I have VirtualBox with multipass (new Ubuntu instances manager) on windows 8.1 (company requirements, sorry), so I can create new instances of Ubuntu from a single command line in matter of seconds.
Then, as the “instance cloud” is some kind of virtual/private to multipass, I load VirtualBox from a admin PS with:
& $env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\PSTools\PsExec.exe -s -i $env:VBOX_MSI_INSTALL_PATH\VirtualBox.exe
But I have an issue, with POWERED OFF instances, as I try to make changes (i.e. add a network adapter), the following warning message appear annoyingly every 1 second after I close it.
“The virtual machine you are changing has been started. Only certain settings can be changed while a machine is running. All other changes will be lost if you close this window now”
Giving me only one second (aprox) since I close the window to it pop-ups again.
Machine is Powered off, and able to “suffer” changes, indeed during this second I can (one of hundred tries) to make a change (enable new network interface) and this setting apply correctly.
This happened whereas all instances are down, or another instance is running
Only way to avoid this message is to close the multipass app from taskbar,
I guess, the multipasss app is doing some refreshing thing, or reading something, that mix-up VirtualBox confusing it, so a Powered Off machine seems some short of active for the settings window
Any help ??