new vm - nothing in the 'selection boxes'

[Laz]

Hi. I'm trying to install VirtualBox 4.3.20 under win 7. Actually it installs okay, but when I go to create a VM there is nothing in the 'selection boxes'. I've attached a screen-cap
in hopes that it'll make it clearer.

BTW I think my son tried to install VirtualBox on this machine in the past. I uninstalled it & deleted old directories, etc.

Thanks,

Laz

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[mpack]

I'm having trouble seeing how this could be a VirtualBox problem. Do dropdown menus work in other applications on this host? I'm thinking there is some problem with the theme - white font with white background used in pulldown menus - though that alone wouldn't explain why there's no text under the highlight bar.

Otherwise the only thing I can think of is a problem with the Qt GUI library, in which case perhaps you should try again to excise the old install, and this time check for "VirtualBox" keys in the registry too.

[Laz]

Thanks for the advice.

After much mucking about it is finally working. I did try a different theme-- no dice. I also deleted a bunch of registry keys w/o any luck.

Finally I ran it in compatibility mode for Vista-- that worked!

Best,

Laz

[mpack]

Finally I ran it in compatibility mode for Vista-- that worked!

That shouldn't be necessary. Lot's of people are using VBox under Win7, in fact I'd hazard a guess that it's now the most popular host OS, yet I haven't seen this reported before. Another thing you could try is updating the host graphics drivers.