I think it's supposed to appear in the menu right away, but that's certainly not a bug in virtualbox.
** Changed in: virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/782675 Title: Virtualbox has no launcher installed- cannot launch from menu or launcher, only command line -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs