On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 9:20 PM, Fernando Cassia <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 6/8/16, Kenneth Wolcott <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>   The pushed-in and/or pushed-out buttons are confusing in the
>> interface when viewed from the VirtualBox host.
>
> There is a way to show the status of each VM from the command line.
> Just start a command prompt (Start Menu-> Run, type cmd.exe -> press [enter])
> Then type
>
> VboxManage showvminfo "Name of your VM here, enclosed in quotes"
>
> You will get a long list of parameters, including near the end of the list:
>
> --------------------------------------------
> Clipboard Mode:  Bidirectional <<<< This is what you're looking for
> Drag'n'drop Mode: Bidirectional
> --------------------------------------------
>
> I assume you have installed the Guest Additions on all guests?
>
> Anyway, hope this helps as a starting point...
> FC

  Hi Fernando;

  I found your advice useful again :-)

  This time I used "VBoxManage modifyvm my_vm_name--clipboard
bidirectional" to enable the desired feature as the gui does not work
for me.

Thanks,
Ken

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