Opened 5 years ago
Closed 5 years ago
#18328 closed defect (duplicate)
New VirtualBoxVM.exe breaks backwards compatibility with previous scripts, shortcuts and launcher applications
| Reported by: | SteveSi | Owned by: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 6.0.2 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | other |
Description
VBox 6 now requires us to launch VirtualBox.exe to run the manager or (for example) VirtualBoxVM.exe --startvm to run a VM directly. This breaks compatibility with previous versions of VBox v5, etc.
Can VirtualBox.exe simply run VirtualBoxVM.exe if the appropriate command parameters were detected and thus maintain backwards compatibility instead of merely displaying an error dialogue? This is not just a 'change your shortcuts' problem, it affects scripts, launcher applications, compiled programs and other executables that have already been developed and have been working for years.
Making v6 backwards compatible would save everyone a great deal of time and inconvenience.
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