id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	guest	host
12839	VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool fails to remove all Virtual Box related files	dr3fernek		"While encountering problems with Virtual box, I decided to uninstall Virtual Box and Re-Install it. The problem I was having was that I switched a local user account to a local cached network account and moved around some directories (ie. /Users/user1 to /Users/netuser1), and this broke the VirtualBox application because it was still pointing to the old user's folder.

I uninstalled using the VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool which removed the App and its files. What I did notice is that, when I uninstalled and reinstalled, the App was still pointing to the old users folder. So I poked around the system and found a inside the user's folder, ~/Library/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml and this file still had the old user's folder in it. Now this is expected because I moved the local user folder to the network user folder. So to get around the issue I edited the xml file to point to the correct user folder and then it worked with no further issues.

This being said, my issue with the VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool script is that it should search inside user folders for that VirtualBox folder and remove its contents. This way when a re-install takes place, regardless of the user, there's folder problems.

Just my two cents."	defect	closed	other	VirtualBox 4.3.8	invalid	VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool, Uninstall, Reinstall		other	Mac OS X