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Re: Optical Drives menu hangs, leading to VB crash
Posted: 26. Jul 2022, 19:04
by xerces8foo
scottgus1 wrote:
One thing we can try is to look at Virtualbox's config files for any unregistered iso's.
Please reboot your host so no Virtualbox processes are running.
Go to {home}/.config/virtualbox, Virtualbox, and copy "Virtualbox.xml" to your desktop.
Open Virtualbox. Right-click each VM in the main Virtualbox window's VM list, choose Show in Explorer/Finder/File Manager. Copy the VM's .vbox file (not the .vbox-prev file) to the desktop. (Configure your host OS to show all extensions if the folder that opens does not show a .vbox file.)
Zip the desktop copies of Virtualbox.xml and all the .vbox files, and post the zip file, using the forum's Upload Attachment tab.
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Re: Optical Drives menu hangs, leading to VB crash
Posted: 27. Jul 2022, 18:58
by fth0
VirtualBox.xml file wrote:<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/RecentListCD" value="
C:\Users\xerces8\Downloads\Windows-10ENGx64_2022may_.iso,
C:\Users\xerces8\Downloads\Windows10ENGx64_2022may.iso,
\\mirkos\SingleClm3\isos\Windows10x64_ENG_1809.iso,
C:\winsux\ISOs\ubuntu-21.04-desktop-amd64.iso"/>
I'd suspect the
red colored one (line breaks and colors added by me)
You can safely change the list with
VBoxManage setextradata global "GUI/RecentListCD" "C:\Users\xerces8\Downloads\Windows-10ENGx64_2022may_.iso,C:\Users\xerces8\Downloads\Windows10ENGx64_2022may.iso,C:\winsux\ISOs\ubuntu-21.04-desktop-amd64.iso".
Re: Optical Drives menu hangs, leading to VB crash
Posted: 27. Jul 2022, 23:41
by xerces8foo
Thanks, this fixed the delay.
Note: the ubuntu iso file does not exist at the specified location. Why is it kept in the list? (it is not displayed in the menu)