What is VBoxTray.exe ?

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Docfxit
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Joined: 23. May 2014, 12:35
Primary OS: MS Windows 10
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: Win7, Win10

What is VBoxTray.exe ?

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What is VBoxTray.exe ?
I don't see any icons in the system tray.
It appears to run a VM every time the computer starts up. How can I stop it?

Thank you,

Docfxit
Docfxit
Posts: 134
Joined: 23. May 2014, 12:35
Primary OS: MS Windows 10
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: Win7, Win10

Re: What is VBoxTray.exe ?

Post by Docfxit »

I have figured it out.

I didn't know that VBoxTray.exe belonged to VBoxVmService. After I figured that out what I did was:


I had to install VBoxVmService first. Then I uninstalled VBoxVmService the service with this command:
VmServiceControl.exe -u [ENTER]
That stopped the auto run of VBoxTray.exe and VBoxSVC.exe at boot time.
Then I uninstalled the VBoxVmService software.
On the next Re-boot it didn't run.

Thanks,

Docfxit
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