guestcontrol run --exe: process arguments not working

[DaDaniel]

in v4.x this command works: VBoxManage guestcontrol "vm" execute --image "C:\Windows\system32\shutdown.exe" --username Administrator --password 12345 --wait-exit -- "-s" "-f" "-t" "10"

in v5.x command "execute --image" and "--wait-exit" are unknown. New v5.x command does not pass arguments: VBoxManage guestcontrol "vm" run --exe "C:\Windows\system32\shutdown.exe" --username Administrator --password 12345 --wait-stdout -- "-s" "-f" "-t" "10"

[Frank Mehnert]

Actually this works but take care that the first parameter after '--' is arg0 as passed to the application. In your case just use

... -- shutdown.exe -s -f -t 10

You can also remove the --wait-stdout parameter.

In particular, the new command 'run' is for starting a guest application and waiting for this application to be finished, then stdout/stderr will be captured and written to the console. The other new command, 'start', is more similar to the previous 'execute' command. This command starts the process but returns immediate.

I admit that the documentation is incomplete but your above example should work.

[DaDaniel]

Thank you very much for the hint, it works now. I didn't notice that --exe is followed by path to executable, not executable's name itself.

[Frank Mehnert]

I think that bug was fixed in 5.0.18. Please reopen if necessary.