VirtualBox

Opened 15 years ago

Closed 8 years ago

#3186 closed defect (obsolete)

Windows 7 (possibly other) task bar disappears while in Seamless mode

Reported by: Matt Owned by:
Component: GUI/seamless Version: VirtualBox 2.1.2
Keywords: Cc:
Guest type: Linux Host type: Windows

Description (last modified by aeichner)

While using VirtualBox with a Windows 7 host there is an issue which causes the host taskbar to vanish while the guest operating system has focus. The bug is 100% reproducible. The problem only occurs when on the host machine windows background slideshow is enabled and at least two backgrounds are in the rotation list. Disabling background slideshow on the host remedies the problem.

Problem has been tested using a guest OS of Ubuntu 8.10 on two different host machines. Problem may exist in other versions of window's host.

Change History (4)

comment:1 by Matthew Hall, 15 years ago

I can confirm this same behavior running Ubuntu 9.04 host with Windows XP Media Center guest. Both the upper and lower menus bars disappear when the guest is in seamless mode, but only if there are no open windows. Opening any application or even hovering the mouse to display a tooltip (e.g. over the start button or any icon in the system tray) causes the menus to reappear.

comment:2 by Matthew Hall, 15 years ago

but only if there are no open windows.

I should have said, only if there are no open windows on the guest.

comment:3 by VboxWeb Developer Group, 15 years ago

You can also get this problem if you have 2 monitors and full screen -> seamless mode on the secondary monitor that doesn't have the task bar. The whole VM will disappear.

Workaround: Click on the taskbar item that represents the VM and press Host+L to undo seamless mode.

comment:4 by aeichner, 8 years ago

Description: modified (diff)
Resolution: obsolete
Status: newclosed

Please reopen if still relevant with a recent VirtualBox release.

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