ver 4.2.14 r86644 Unexpectedly Quits

[MTL]

When I select "Choose virtual drive...", the application just quits.

OS: Windows 7 (x64) Home Premium
CPU: Intel Q9550
RAM: 8GB

I'll place a video demonstration after this.

[MTL]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9GZoMxtKpQ

[mpack]

The dialog that should appear next is the standard common controls File Open dialog. Are other 32bit or 64bit apps able to display this dialog?

Another possibility is that it's going to default to the last folder that an ISO was opened from, and there is something which your system doesn't like about the default folder. The default folder for cds is stored in the VirtualBox.xml field "<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/RecentFolderCD" value="foldername"/>. Make sure this isn't pointing to something strange.

[MTL]

The dialog that should appear next is the standard common controls File Open dialog. Are other 32bit or 64bit apps able to display this dialog?

I've tried another guest OS on VirtualBox & the result was the same.

Another possibility is that it's going to default to the last folder that an ISO was opened from, and there is something which your system doesn't like about the default folder. The default folder for cds is stored in the VirtualBox.xml field "<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/RecentFolderCD" value="foldername"/>. Make sure this isn't pointing to something strange.

I've tried searching for VirtualBox.xml in C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\ but it does not exist. Could this be the problem?

Thanks

[mpack]

Data files are not stored in the program folder. The file you want is <user docs folder>\.VirtualBox\VirtualBox.xml.

[MTL]

Thanks for your reply. I've checked & found the VirtualBox.xml file. Open & don't see this statement inside. Under the <ExtraData></ExtraData> section, it only have the following:

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    <ExtraData>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/DetailsPageBoxes" value="general,preview,system,display,storage,audio,network,usb,sharedFolders,description"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/GroupDefinitions/" value="m=2b61c061-a5c6-4ccd-b0d6-bc456bb44451,m=08376115-d913-4aa6-960f-5d53a9f77870"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/HostScreenSaverDisabled" value="false"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/Input/AutoCapture" value="true"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/Input/HostKeyCombination" value="162"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastItemSelected" value="m=Ubuntu LTS 12_04"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastWindowPosition" value="601,156,770,828"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/SplitterSizes" value="177,588"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/SuppressMessages" value=",remindAboutAutoCapture,remindAboutWrongColorDepth,confirmInputCapture,remindAboutMouseIntegrationOn"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/TrayIcon/Enabled" value="false"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/UpdateCheckCount" value="15"/>	  
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/UpdateDate" value="1 d, 2013-07-03, stable, 4.2.14"/>
    </ExtraData>

I've tried:
1. Quit VirtualBox
2. Open & add the statement inside
3. Saved it
4. Launch VirtualBox
5. Click Setting & select the folder icon in Storage
Still, it just quits.

Anyway, I've managed to burn the image onto a CD & install from an external DVD drive instead. Just wonder why this problem persist.

Thanks again.

[mpack]

The dialog that should appear next is the standard common controls File Open dialog. Are other 32bit or 64bit apps able to display this dialog?

I've tried another guest OS on VirtualBox & the result was the same.

Actually, my question was whether other applications on your host can display this dialog. We've already established that VirtualBox cannot, on your PC, for some reason. That reason might be that the common controls have something wrong, so we need to establish that.

I'm surprised that there are no RecentFolderXX fields in your VirtualBox.xml, that presumably means that you haven't mounted any CDs, floppies or HDDs by browsing to a folder. And no, I would not expect that to cause a crash: that must be the situation for every new install of VirtualBox, so if it crashed for all new users then I'm sure we would've heard about it by now.