Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Frontends/VBoxManage/VBoxManage.cpp
===================================================================
--- /trunk/src/VBox/Frontends/VBoxManage/VBoxManage.cpp	(revision 424)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Frontends/VBoxManage/VBoxManage.cpp	(revision 425)
@@ -413,5 +413,7 @@
     {
         RTPrintf("VBoxManage modifyvdi        <uuid>|<filename>\n"
+#if 0 /* doesn't currently work */
                  "                            settype normal|writethrough|immutable |\n"
+#endif
                  "                            compact\n"
                  "\n");
@@ -2138,5 +2140,6 @@
 
     /* let's find out which command */
-    if (strcmp(argv[1], "settype") == 0)
+// doesn't currently work    if (strcmp(argv[1], "settype") == 0)
+    if (0)
     {
         /* hard disk must be registered */