[vbox-dev] Location of VirtualBox configuration file

[Klaus Espenlaub]

Max's answer is correct for every supported host OS besides Windows. As 
usual, on Windows everything is more difficult. On this OS it's COM 
which starts the API service, VBoxSVC.exe, and I don't know a way right 
now to reliably pass it the required env variable...

On 14.10.2016 19:02, Maxime Dor wrote:
> Hi Malcolm,
>
> You can change the location using the ||VBOX_USER_HOME|| env variable. 
> More info here: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch10.html#idm9569
>
> Max
>
> On 14/10/16 18:52, Malcolm Clarke wrote:
>> Dear All
>>
>> Although VirtualBox holds a parameter for the location of the 
>> configuration files of the virtual machines, is there any way to 
>> control the location of the configuration file of Virtual Box? 
>> Currently it installs itself in a directory ".VirtualBox" in the 
>> user's default directory.
>>
>> Is there a switch or otherwise to place this directory and its 
>> configuration file in another specified location?
>>
>> I ask this because we are using Virtual Box with students in a lab. 
>> They are allocated a home drive which is connected every time they 
>> log on to a machine, but we do not operate roaming profiles. Although 
>> they can retain the VM configuration directories and files by 
>> configuring to their home drive, they "lose" the Virtual Box 
>> configuration file every time they move to another machine.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Malcolm
>>
>> -- 
>>
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>>
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