[Solved] Moved VMs won't show in VB.

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LPIII
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[Solved] Moved VMs won't show in VB.

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I moved the following and don't know what's wrong:
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Re: Moved VMs won't show in VB.

Post by scottgus1 »

I don't know what's wrong either. What's wrong?
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Re: Moved VMs won't show in VB.

Post by BillG »

What did you move? Where did you move it to?

If you move a vm from one PC to another, It does not appear in that PC's VirtualBox Manager window until you register the vm.
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Re: Moved VMs won't show in VB.

Post by mpack »

To clarify: VirtualBox has a default VMs parent folder for neatness - but there is no requirement that VMs are kept there, and nor are VMs auto-registered by moving them into that folder. By all means move your VM into that folder, but as BillG says you still need to register the VM. See the FAQ below.

Howto: Move a VM.
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Re: Moved VMs won't show in VB.

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Thank you all very much, I forgot to register the VM's.
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Re: [Solved] Moved VMs won't show in VB.

Post by mpack »

Thanks for reporting back.
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