Old version of settings.
22.10.2024 If you have an old language folder, Delete the data\language folder as the languages have been partially changed.
Disable message center notifications and screen capture messages VirtualBoxVM.exe default settings directory:
Portable-VirtualBox\.VirtualBox\VirtualBox.xml
Change or add before launch <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/SuppressMessages" value="all"/> sample:
<ExtraData>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/GuestControl/FileManagerVisiblePanel" value="LogPanel"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastItemSelected" value="m=2bd3571f-97f7-4297-b779-2b6f3d9c5ae0"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastWindowPosition" value="121,139,848,438"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/SessionInformationDialogGeometry" value="296,140,512,360"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/SuppressMessages" value="all"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/Tools/LastItemsSelected" value="Welcome,Details"/>
</ExtraData>
Save the VirtualBox.xml file
Portable-VirtualBox is a free and open source software tool that lets you run any operating system from a USB stick without separate installation.
Please see here for information on how to build from source: BUILDING.
VirtualBox 7.0.26 (released April 15 2025)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
- VMM: Fixed issue when VM clock went backwards in rare circumstances (bug #22334)
- DevVirtioSCSI: Fixed issue with restoring saved state
- Graphics: Fixed issue when assertion was triggered on restoring VM state if VMSVGA graphics adapter was used without 3D acceleration (bug #21955)
- Main: Fixed issue when wireless network adapters could not be discovered on modern Linux distributions (bug #22362)
- Main: Fixed issue when deleting running VM snapshot was leaving the .sav file on disk (bug #21345)
- VBoxManage: Updated User Manual to correct the 'VBoxManage modifyvm' invocation for configuring a VM to use host-only networking (bug #22158)
- Linux Host Installer: Fixed issue which sometimes resulted in installation failure due to incorrect check whether previous VirtualBox installation is running or not
- Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue which resulted in cursor image corruption when VM was using VBoxVGA graphics adapter
- Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when installation could fail on the system which does not have X11 libraries installed
- Linux Guest Additions: Added initial support for kernel 6.14
- Linux Guest Additions: Introduced initial support for RHEL 9.7 kernel
- Linux Guest Additions: Introduced additional fixes for RHEL 9.4 kernel, (bug #22277)
- Linux Guest Additions: Improved 'rcvboxadd status-kernel' check
- Windows installer: Various bugfixes for the new installation code
- Windows installer: Implemented a new fatal error dialog with the ability to open the installer log file directly
- Windows Guest Additions: Fixed mouse driver installation on Vista guests
- Windows Guest Additions: Fixed uninstallation integrity issues (bug #22290)
- Windows Guest Additions: Fixed driver installation error ERROR_AUTHENTICODE_TRUST_NOT_ESTABLISHED (bug #22300)
- Windows Guest Additions: Fixed 100% CPU usage of VBoxTray which happened under certain circumstances (bug #22123)
- Windows Guest Additions: Now also ships the VBoxAudioTest binary for performing guest audio testing / diagnosis
- Windows Guest Additions: For older Windows versions (Windows 2000 to Windows 7) install alternative Shared Folder driver which avoids some compatibility glitches of the usual driver