Shortcut for guest OS on desktop -> fixed in SVN

[tomcheng76@…]

Wouldn't it be great if user can create guest OS shochcut on their desktop?

User just need to setup all the guest OS setting, then right click and select "create guest OS shortcut" ?

From now on, user can launch the guest os from Desktop, bravo

I know that we can always run VBoxManage.exe startvm <name of guest OS> from command line, user can write a script file easily to do the job. IMO it is the best to let the GUI does the job.

Idea came from google chrome, and i believe that it is not difficult to implement :-)

[Technologov]

This wish is still relevant as of VBox 3.1

-Technologov

[Todd Simpson]

Hi,

To create a shortcut on a windows host desktop...

First create a shortcut and place the following information into the shortcut parameters.

Target: "C:\Program Files\Sun\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" startvm "Name of Your VM"

Start in: "C:\Program Files\Sun\VirtualBox"

Then replace the name of your VM (From Sun VirtualBox GUI App) into the "Name of Your VM" and keep the quotes.

You can further customise the shortcut with a hotkey for starting the app.

Good Luck, NNYITGuy

[Christian Pötzsch]

Fixed in SVN. The fill will be included in the next major release of VirtualBox.