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1<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
2<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
3<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="customize-vm-selector">
4 <title>VM Selector Customization</title>
5
6 <body>
7 <p>The following per-machine VM extradata settings can be used to change the behavior of the VM selector window in
8 respect of certain VMs: </p>
9 <pre xml:space="preserve">$ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname>
10 <varname>property</varname> true</pre>
11 <p><varname>property</varname> can be any of the following:
12 </p>
13 <dl>
14 <dlentry>
15 <dt>
16 <codeph>GUI/HideDetails</codeph>
17 </dt>
18 <dd>
19 <p>Do not show the VM configuration of a certain VM. The details window will remain just empty if this VM is
20 selected. </p>
21 </dd>
22 </dlentry>
23 <dlentry>
24 <dt>
25 <codeph>GUI/PreventReconfiguration</codeph>
26 </dt>
27 <dd>
28 <p>Do not allow the user to open the <b outputclass="bold">Settings</b> dialog for a certain VM. </p>
29 </dd>
30 </dlentry>
31 <dlentry>
32 <dt>
33 <codeph>GUI/PreventSnapshotOperations</codeph>
34 </dt>
35 <dd>
36 <p>Prevent snapshot operations for a VM from the GUI, either at runtime or when the VM is powered off. </p>
37 </dd>
38 </dlentry>
39 <dlentry>
40 <dt>
41 <codeph>GUI/HideFromManager</codeph>
42 </dt>
43 <dd>
44 <p>Hide a certain VM in the VM selector window. </p>
45 </dd>
46 </dlentry>
47 <dlentry>
48 <dt>
49 <codeph>GUI/PreventApplicationUpdate</codeph>
50 </dt>
51 <dd>
52 <p>Disable the automatic update check and hide the corresponding menu item. </p>
53 </dd>
54 </dlentry>
55 </dl>
56 <p>Note that these settings do not prevent the user from reconfiguring the VM by using the <userinput>VBoxManage
57 modifyvm</userinput> command. </p>
58 </body>
59
60</topic>
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