Host: Linux Mint 22.1
Guest: Windows 10
Windows "apps and features" (which lists out all of the installed programs) shows 2 versions of Guest Additions installed.
version 7.0.x
version 7.2.16 (which I just installed)
In the Oracle Virtualbox 7.2 manual that I have, it doesn't tell you to first uninstall the older version.
The shared folder between guest and host is working. Same thing with shared clipboard. However, the window size of the guest is not performing as I would like. When I boot, there is a lot of blank screen space on the right and left. I can press the resize button in the upper right twice to fix the problem. But, I have to do that each time that I boot the VM.
Should I use Windows (built in) uninstaller to remove the older version?
Edit:
I see this line in VBox.log
00:00:04.613489 VMMDev: Guest Additions information report: Version 7.2.16 r174877 '7.2.16'
I see this line in VBox.log.3
00:00:04.038718 VMMDev: Guest Additions information report: Version 7.0.24 r167081 '7.0.24'
The latter was probably from before I installed Virtualbox 7.2.16 (I installed the latest Virtualbox less than 24 hours ago).
So, seems like the VM is running the most recent version of Virtualbox Guest Additions.
Guest: Windows 10
Windows "apps and features" (which lists out all of the installed programs) shows 2 versions of Guest Additions installed.
version 7.0.x
version 7.2.16 (which I just installed)
In the Oracle Virtualbox 7.2 manual that I have, it doesn't tell you to first uninstall the older version.
The shared folder between guest and host is working. Same thing with shared clipboard. However, the window size of the guest is not performing as I would like. When I boot, there is a lot of blank screen space on the right and left. I can press the resize button in the upper right twice to fix the problem. But, I have to do that each time that I boot the VM.
Should I use Windows (built in) uninstaller to remove the older version?
Edit:
I see this line in VBox.log
00:00:04.613489 VMMDev: Guest Additions information report: Version 7.2.16 r174877 '7.2.16'
I see this line in VBox.log.3
00:00:04.038718 VMMDev: Guest Additions information report: Version 7.0.24 r167081 '7.0.24'
The latter was probably from before I installed Virtualbox 7.2.16 (I installed the latest Virtualbox less than 24 hours ago).
So, seems like the VM is running the most recent version of Virtualbox Guest Additions.
- Windows Build/Version
- Windows 10 22H2
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