[solved] parent folder doesn't exist

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Re: parent folder doesn't exist

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Ok. thank you. Didn't see your post before posting mine. I have 2 files: gparted-live-0.14.1-1.iso and gparted-live-0.16.1-1-i486.iso. Chose the first (seemed older and XP is old). Do I click Live CD/DVD? Did as you said and file is on CD under vdi. "Attached to:" is still blank
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Re: parent folder doesn't exist

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With the Windows guest shutdown
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Re: parent folder doesn't exist

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you can use the newer one. you should see gparted in the list with the Windows .vdi
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Re: parent folder doesn't exist

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I'm so tired, I didn't realize It was still running. Shut it down.

Check Live CD/DVD?

Attached to is blank. Click "OK"?
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Re: parent folder doesn't exist

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ciamurra wrote:I'm so tired, I didn't realize It was still running. Shut it down.

Check Live CD/DVD?

Attached to is blank. Click "OK"?
yes
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Re: parent folder doesn't exist

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I replaced the older gparted with the newer one. Clicked OK with Live CD/DVD left unchecked.

Now when I click System, all the tabs are blank. E.g., Storage shows a completely blank page, as do all the other tabs
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Re: parent folder doesn't exist

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close virtualbox and restart it.
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Re: parent folder doesn't exist

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I can't close the System page with all the blanks. Whenever I click anything within VB, a horn warning sounds
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Re: parent folder doesn't exist

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is the windows guest in the left side selected?
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Re: parent folder doesn't exist

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I'll have to force quit.
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Re: parent folder doesn't exist

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Yes. It's selected and powered off.
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Re: parent folder doesn't exist

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so everything is blank on the right side?
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Re: parent folder doesn't exist

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No. On the right side everything except for System up to USB is filled in. I can't scroll past that point. But as I said, I can't click anything,
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Re: parent folder doesn't exist

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There doesn't seem to be any option other than force quitting
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Re: parent folder doesn't exist

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okay well force quit. I have no idea what you did but in four years I've never had VirtualBox lock up. btw, you don't have to wait for an email, you can just refresh your browser page every so often.
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