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can't seem to get portable virtual box to work

Posted: 13. Feb 2018, 09:29
by jesuisravi
First question? Do I need to install Virtual box on my computer before I can install Portable Virtual Box?

Re: can't seem to get portable virtual box to work

Posted: 13. Feb 2018, 09:49
by socratis
I don't know if it's mentioned in the Portable VirtualBox site, but by slapping "Portable" in front of VirtualBox makes it an unsupported fork. Which means that you need to ask them.

But they even have it on their website:
VirtualBox needs several kernel drivers installed and needs to start several services: if the drivers and services are not already installed you’ll need administrator rights to run Portable-VirtualBox.

When Portable-VirtualBox starts, it checks to see if the drivers are installed. If they are not it will install them before running VirtualBox and will remove them afterward. Similarly, Portable-VirtualBox checks to see if the services are running. If not, it will start them and then stop them when it exits.
(which makes it anything but portable)

You just need to do some reading instead of asking...