Opened 6 years ago
Closed 5 years ago
#18207 closed defect (fixed)
VM shortcut start does not work (anymore) -> fixed after (not in) 6.0.0 and in test builds
Reported by: | DJ Doena | Owned by: | |
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Component: | GUI | Version: | VirtualBox 6.0.0 |
Keywords: | Cc: | ||
Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Windows |
Description
I tried to use the old 5.x shortcut to start a specific machine, but got
--startvm ist eine Option für die VirtualBox VM-Ausführungs-Anwendung (VirtualBoxVM), nicht den VirtualBox Manager.
which basically says "--startvm" is not a valid parameter. OK, so something's changed with 6.0 No prob. Use VirtualManager 6.0
VirtualBox graphische Benutzeroberfläche Version 6.0.0 r127566 (Qt5.6.2) Copyright © 2018 Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
to create a new shortcut. Said and done. Same error.
Shortcut created puts the execution instruction as such:
"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe" --comment "VM-Name" --startvm "{139ad888-e3c1-4220-8a36-751414cb3c47}"
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Change History (14)
by , 6 years ago
comment:1 by , 6 years ago
follow-up: 4 comment:2 by , 6 years ago
When using 6.0 to create shortcuts on the desktop it still uses VirtualBox.exe. Manually changing the shortcut to VirtualBoxVM.exe works. The shortcut should be created with the correct executable.
I think the problem is in these lines:
UIDesktopServices_x11.cpp#L50
UIDesktopServices_win.cpp#L39
comment:4 by , 6 years ago
Replying to pjanssen:
I think the problem is in these lines:
Great finding! However, I find it best to link to the source code directly, instead of a copy of the tree in Github (which is not maintained BTW) from 2014:
comment:5 by , 6 years ago
Same problem on linux. Replace the executable "VirtualBox" with "VirtualBoxVM"
comment:7 by , 6 years ago
Thanks for the report. This issue will be fixed in the next upcoming maintenance version.
comment:8 by , 6 years ago
Summary: | VM shortcut start does not work (anymore) → VM shortcut start does not work (anymore) -> fixed after (not in) 6.0.0 and in test builds |
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Please try a current test build<1>. Please note that non-development test builds should be as stable as release builds for most purposes.
comment:9 by , 6 years ago
Apparently, the file associations for .vbox and .vbox-extpack file extensions also do not work anymore (Virtualbox 6.0.0 on Windows 10 1809)
Thank you!
comment:10 by , 6 years ago
comment:11 by , 6 years ago
Right, creating shortcuts (what this ticket is about) and actually launching stuff from registered file types are two completely separate things.
comment:12 by , 6 years ago
Ok, thank you very much for your feedback. Then I'll watch the other tickets for the file associations.
comment:13 by , 5 years ago
Resolution: | → fixed |
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Status: | new → closed |
Please try VirtualBoxVM.exe instead of VirtualBox.exe. I think the executable for launching VMs has changed in 6.0 and is now different from the dashboard one.