Where is my VMX file?

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bobjones522
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Where is my VMX file?

Post by bobjones522 »

Hello community, I have been using Oracle Virtual Box Windows 7 and have run into this problem when trying to follow this guide
Add the following settings to your .vmx file (tested working for Windows XP/7) which is located in your Host OS. Replace the double quotation listed here with the one from your (.vmx) file. The browser had somehow modified the double quotes here to be curving/slanting.

monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = "TRUE"
isolation.tools.getPtrLocation.disable = "TRUE"
isolation.tools.setPtrLocation.disable = "TRUE"
isolation.tools.setVersion.disable = "TRUE"
isolation.tools.getVersion.disable = "TRUE"
monitor_control.disable_directexec = "TRUE"
I have searched around on my Hard Drive and cant find any file ending with VMX. Places i've searched are
C:\Users\asdf\VirtualBox VMs\kk (My virtual box is named "kk")
C:\Users\asdf\.VirtualBox
C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox

In none of these places I can see a .VMX file i can edit.
I appreciate any help, thank you
mpack
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Re: Where is my VMX file?

Post by mpack »

VirtualBox does not and never has had VMX files. VMX is an extension used by some VMWare config files, so it looks like you are following a VMWare guide.
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