Windows 10: How to install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Windows 11/10

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VirtualBox developed by Oracle is a powerful type-2 Hypervisor x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. In this post, we will show you how to install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Windows 11/10. For a better experience, you must install this tool in all VMs you create when using VirtualBox. What […]

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VirtualBox resolution/guest additions

I have had similar problem. Win 10 host - Win 7 guest. I have had 1400*1050 max resolution on both Full HD display.

My steps:

1. Reinstall: vbox 5.1.4 to vbox 5.1.2
   
2. Run command in virtualbox program folder: "VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/MaxGuestResolution any"
   
3. Direkt download on host vbox guest additions 5.0.16 (other build don't resolve the problem)
   
4. Mount to the client the VBoxGuestAdditions_5.0.16.iso.
   
5. Start client
   
6. Install the guest additions from the mount.
   
7. Restart client
   
8. Set desktop integration and/or full hd resolution on client.
   
9. Kill vboxtray application process in client (high processor usage, killed the performance) Be patient!
   
10. Rename VBoxTray.exe in client, 2 places. (program files\oracle\virtualbox guest additions and windows\system32 folder)
    
11. Reboot client.
    

Result: I can use full hd resolution. The shared clipboard doesn't operate for me, but I can live with feature.

 

Problem accessing shared folder in VirtualBox (Host is Mac OSX. Guest is Windows 10)

I have been running Windows 10 in VirtualBox and accessing files across OS's via a shared folder.

Windows updated this morning and now I've lost access to the shared folder.

I've removed the folder from the VirtualBox Shared Folder list (Windows is booted up). Have re-added the folder (Automount and Make Permanent set). I've restarted a number of times. No impact.

Tried re-installing VirtualBox Guest Additions. This fails with "No device Ids found ...unknown error (0xE0000301)".

Have re-downloaded VirtualBox and re-installed. Still no share and still can't install guest additions.

Can anyone help?

 

Sun VirtualBox

Been there and done that. Followed through enabling the 3D acceleration and as told i hit the "Install Guest Addition" to install the drivers in the guest operating system, after that i was told to reboot the VirtualBox and came to the blue windows XP shutdown screen... It was on that screen for more then 30mins and so i force a shutdown on the original Win7 OS to et rid of the VirtualBox OS shutdown screen. Rebooted and tested VirtualBox with the game and got the same error message as shown in my first post.

EDIT: Gone through all the steps till i came to rebooting the VirtualBox OS. After the system coming up normally, i checked if the 3D acceleration is enabled by running dxdiag. Here is what i get...





Need advise to fix 3D acceleration so i can go on. Thank you so much!