Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src/extradata/UIExtraDataManager.cpp
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--- /trunk/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src/extradata/UIExtraDataManager.cpp	(revision 92400)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src/extradata/UIExtraDataManager.cpp	(revision 92401)
@@ -2354,10 +2354,11 @@
 Qt::SortOrder UIExtraDataManager::notificationCenterOrder()
 {
-    return gpConverter->fromInternalString<Qt::SortOrder>(extraDataString(GUI_NotificationCenter_Order));
+    const QString strValue = extraDataString(GUI_NotificationCenter_Order);
+    return strValue.isEmpty() ? Qt::DescendingOrder : gpConverter->fromInternalString<Qt::SortOrder>(strValue);
 }
 
 void UIExtraDataManager::setNotificationCenterOrder(Qt::SortOrder enmOrder)
 {
-    const QString strValue = enmOrder == Qt::AscendingOrder ? QString() : gpConverter->toInternalString(enmOrder);
+    const QString strValue = enmOrder == Qt::DescendingOrder ? QString() : gpConverter->toInternalString(enmOrder);
     setExtraDataString(GUI_NotificationCenter_Order, strValue);
 }