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CLI for disabling 'Check for Update'
Posted: 16. Jul 2011, 22:22
by arend
Hi,
How can I disable the 'check for updates' feature from the CLI without using the GUI?
I would have thought that as a global property 'VBoxManage setproperty' would have an option but I could not find any.
Any idea is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Arend
Re: CLI for disabling 'Check for Update'
Posted: 16. Jul 2011, 23:00
by arend
After digging a little deeper I found the answer
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VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/UpdateDate never
The documentation on 'VBoxManage getextradata/setextradata' is a little confusing ...
These commands let you attach and retrieve string data to a virtual machine or to a VirtualBox configuration
This lead me at first to believe that these attached pieces of information are just for manageability purposes without implying that VirtualBox behavior can actually be changed.
Re: CLI for disabling 'Check for Update'
Posted: 16. Jul 2011, 23:04
by Perryg
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VBoxManage setextradata global "GUI/UpdateDate" value="never"
Ooops see you found it. But i would test it. it may require the" "
Re: CLI for disabling 'Check for Update'
Posted: 16. Jul 2011, 23:43
by arend
Thank you Perry.
Re: CLI for disabling 'Check for Update'
Posted: 29. Apr 2013, 23:54
by mikep345678
in case anyone else finds this thread (it was near the top Google hit for "virtualbox disable updates cli"), the correct syntax is:
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VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/UpdateDate never
(no quotes!)
Mike
Re: CLI for disabling 'Check for Update'
Posted: 25. Nov 2016, 17:20
by loosus
An additional note: the auto-update setting is per-user (not per-system). What this means is that you have to run the command as the user for whom you wish to change the auto-update setting.
Re: CLI for disabling 'Check for Update'
Posted: 28. Nov 2016, 15:07
by scottgus1
loosus wrote:auto-update setting is per-user (not per-system).
This is because the file that stores these main-program settings is in the .Virtualbox folder in the user's home folder (Like C:\users\{yourusername}\.Virtualbox).
There is a way to change where Virtualbox looks for the info in the .Virtualbox folder to a common system-wide location, not in the user-centric environment. It involves the "VBOX_USER_HOME" environment variable. See the manual, section 10.1.3.