Note: VirtualBox user Jesse Connor prefers use the ACPI shutdown instead of the recommended savestate because his Linux boxes don't seem to recover smoothly from saved states. See the VBoxManage.exe command line arguments for stopping a VM if you wish to stop without saving state, etc. Where is the name of your VM (again, Win8DevPreview in our situation). "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" controlvm savestate
Specify the full path to the VBoxManage.exe application along with a few arguments: This informs AlwaysUp that VirtualBox needs the TCP/IP networking stack to operate.Ĭheck the Use this special command to stop the application box. Your VM will run in this account so that it can find its settings.Ĭlick over to the Startup tab and check the Ensure that the Windows Networking components have started box. We have used Win8DevPreview VM but you can specify virtually anything you like.Įnter the user name and password of the account in which you installed and run VirtualBox. In the Name field, enter the name that you will call the application in AlwaysUp. He specifies arguments -s instead, where is the identifier for his VM found by running command Vboxmanage.exe list vms. Note: VirtualBox user Jesse Connor prefers to start his VM using its unique identifier (UUID).
Where is the name of the VirtualBox VM you would like to start automatically. If you installed VirtualBox in the default location, this is:Ĭ:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxHeadless.exe VBoxHeadless.exe application, which allows you to start a VM without a graphical interface. In the Application field, enter the full path to the Select Application > Add to open the Add Application window: We recommend using a number between 70 and we have used 7070 in our setup. Select Display on the left and move over to the Remote Display tab.Ĭheck the Enable Server box and enter a port number in the Server Port field. Start VirtualBox, highlight your VM in the list and choose Machine > Settings. Next, if necessary, configure your VirtualBox VM for remote access via RDP. Please make a note of the VirtualBox installation directory (by default, C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox) as this will be used in subsequent steps. Remote Display feature to connect to your VM.
Download and install AlwaysUp, if necessary.ĭownload and install VirtualBox, if necessary.īe sure to install the VirtualBox extension pack if you intend to use VirtualBox's