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Is this Virtual Box issue or Windows 8 security issue?

Posted: 9. Jan 2013, 16:02
by Michelin
Hi guys,

I have an issue which I am trying to resolve for the past three days. I have read a lot of stuff over the net, but still no solution. :(

What my setup is:
- Host machine - Windows 7, bat file 1 - restores a VM state and starts the machine.
- Guest machine - Windows 8, bat file 2 - executed from host machine via the following command: vboxmanage guestcontrol "machineName" exec batfile.bat --username "userName" --password "password" --wait-exit

The issue here is that I need to check some files at %localappdata%. However, all the processes started from the second file seem to be run with System profile. Instead of C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local, I get the following location: C:\Windows\systems32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local.

Is this VirtualBox omission or it is just Windows 8 new super security? :?

Re: Is this Virtual Box issue or Windows 8 security issue?

Posted: 10. Jan 2013, 09:03
by Michelin
I found another user with similar(?!) issue, but no replies

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6506&p=245555#p245555

Re: Is this Virtual Box issue or Windows 8 security issue?

Posted: 10. Jan 2013, 18:08
by Michelin
The thread could be closed. It seems that this is Windows 8 security issue.