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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="vboxheadless-separate-mode">
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| 4 | <title>Separate Mode</title>
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| 5 | <body>
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| 6 | <!-- 7.1: Include this topic? Get feedback during doc review -->
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| 7 | <p>Separate mode is an alternative front end for local and remote virtual machines. Separate
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| 8 | mode is based on the <userinput>VBoxHeadless</userinput> front end but uses the <ph
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| 9 | conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> user interface to control and display virtual
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| 10 | machines, rather than an RDP viewer program. The VirtualBox Remote Desktop Extension (VRDE) is
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| 11 | not required for separate mode.</p>
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| 12 | <p>Separate mode enables the guest graphical user interface to easily attach to and detach from
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| 13 | a running VM. Users with several running VMs can use separate mode to display the required VM,
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| 14 | while keeping all other VMs in the background until they are needed. </p>
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| 15 | <p>Separate mode has some security advantages, compared to using the <userinput>VBoxHeadless</userinput> front end.</p>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <section id="vbox-headless-separate-mode-using">
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| 18 | <title>Using Separate Mode</title>
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| 19 | <!-- Any pre-configuration/activation steps required? -->
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| 20 | <p>The following list describes some typical operations in separate mode.</p>
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| 21 | <ul>
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| 22 | <li>
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| 23 | <p>To <b>start</b> a virtual machine in separate mode:</p>
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| 24 | <p>Right-click the VM name in the machine list in <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> and select
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| 25 | <b>Detachable Start</b> in the <b>Start</b> submenu.</p>
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| 26 | </li>
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| 27 | <li>
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| 28 | <p>To <b>detach</b> from a virtual machine in separate mode:</p>
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| 29 | <p>On the virtual machine's <b>Machine</b> menu, select <b>Detach GUI</b>.</p>
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| 30 | </li>
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| 31 | <li>
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| 32 | <p>To <b>attach</b> to a virtual machine in separate mode:</p>
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| 33 | <p>Right-click the VM name in the machine list in <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> and select
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| 34 | <b>Show</b>.</p>
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| 35 | </li>
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| 36 | <li>
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| 37 | <p>To <b>stop</b> a virtual machine that is running in separate mode:</p>
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| 38 | <p>Right-click the VM name in the machine list in <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> and select
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| 39 | an option in the <b>Stop</b> menu.</p>
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| 40 | </li>
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| 41 | </ul>
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| 42 | </section>
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| 43 | </body>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | </topic>
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