Mini Toolbar Woes

[AlexB]

Following advice in this forum, I successfully got the Windows 10 Technical Preview running in VirtualBox 4.3.18 by turning on 3D acceleration. However, the mini toolbar rarely appears now when I move my mouse cursor to the bottom middle of the screen. Occasionally it does "out of the blue" but I have no idea why.

Is there a keyboard key combination to force it to appear or one to minimise full screen Windows 10 to the taskbar? Any advice or thoughts greatly appreciated.

AlexB

[Perryg]

You should always be able to use the host-home toggle to get to a menu.

[trekkie0]

I have the same problem with most guests: Linux and Windows, with 3d enabled. Just something we have to deal with until (if) they fix it.

[AlexB]

You should always be able to use the host-home toggle to get to a menu.

It's so frustrating. When the mini tool bar isn't visible, host-home has no effect. On the rare occasions when I can see the mini toolbar, host-home works as expected.

AlexB

[AlexB]

I have the same problem with most guests: Linux and Windows, with 3d enabled. Just something we have to deal with until (if) they fix it.

It's some consolation that I'm not the only person having this problem. I wish I had stayed with the previous version of VBox which worked OK with Windows 10 without enabling 3D and with bridged networking used.

AlexB

[Perryg]

Well I can pretty much promise more woes as MS adds updates and VBox tries to catch up, but the DEVs do not spend a lot of time on pre-alpha OSes because it is just not a productive use of valuable time.

[AlexB]

Well I can pretty much promise more woes as MS adds updates and VBox tries to catch up, but the DEVs do not spend a lot of time on pre-alpha OSes because it is just not a productive use of valuable time.

Point taken. Are there any pitfalls in reverting to the previous version of VBox and using bridged networking?

AlexB

[Perryg]

Just the normal ones that you had on your way to here. If however you decide to revert, don't forget to remove you guest additions and extension pack first. Weird things can and do happen.