Opened 11 years ago
Closed 9 years ago
#11269 closed defect (obsolete)
Windows 7 explorer.exe goes wild after using Virtualbox 4.2.4
| Reported by: | polarlight | Owned by: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 4.2.4 |
| Keywords: | Windows7 explorer Ubuntu | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | Windows |
Description
This feature has been in many recent versions, not just 4.2.4
I have Windows 7 ultimate 64-bit as a host (in quite a high spec machine;Intel i7-980X, 250GB SSD,2TB HD etc Windows experience index 7.5) and I was now using Ubuntu linux 12.04 LTS as a guest. But this probably is not tightly Virtualbox-version related, nor exact guest related as I have used Debian squeeze quests as well with Virtualbox-versions from around 1 year back.
The description is that when I have used the guest and go back to hosts side (guest still running) and start typing something in some edit box of another application (does not matter what app), those keys trigger special Windows explorer.exe shortcuts i.e. windows switched/minimized etc which renders the user interface not usable.
The minimum recovery to fix things is to restart explorer.exe (kill it from the process list, then ctrl-alt-del + start a start "explorer.exe".). After that you can use the system again. And before doing this I have also shut down the Virtualbox - I have not tested what happens if Virtualbox is left running while doing the restart.
One exact case: after switching from Virtualbox/Ubuntu guest to host side to start WinSCP for example and while entering the user name the explorer "goes wild" -> restart of explorer.exe is required.
Other possibly but not likely related: I have Logitech's wireless rechargeable Performance MX mouse and Logitech's illuminated (wired) keyboard + Logitech Setpoint software installed.
