Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Frontends/VBoxShell/vboxshell.py
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--- /trunk/src/VBox/Frontends/VBoxShell/vboxshell.py	(revision 31070)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Frontends/VBoxShell/vboxshell.py	(revision 31071)
@@ -1038,5 +1038,5 @@
     if mach == None:
         return 0
-    if str(mach.sessionState) != str(ctx['const'].SessionState_Locked):
+    if mach.state != ctx['const'].MachineState_Running:
         cmdClosedVm(ctx, mach, lambda ctx, mach, a: guestExec (ctx, mach, None, ' '.join(args[2:])))
     else: