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Granger Obliviate
Granger Obliviate

Reputation: 151

How to set VirtualBox to the new path of the file?

So I have installed Oracle VM VirtualBox. I have a VirtualBox that I had to move to another folder because my disk was already full. So I moved the entire VirtualBox VM's folder. The problem is Oracle can't find the Virtual Machine anymore. It says:

Runtime error opening 'C:\Users\jpedr\VirtualBox VMs\ECOMP\ECOMP.vbox' for reading: -103 (Path not found.).

which does not surprise has the path indeed changed. How do I tell VirtualBox the correct path to look for the Machine?

EDIT: I already went to VirtualBox Preferences and changed the default folder. It still looks for the machine in the old one.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2386

Answers (2)

Gergely Ormeny
Gergely Ormeny

Reputation: 1

You can edit the VirtualBox config file under C:\Users\jpedr.VirtualBox\VirtualBox.xml

  1. Close VirtualBox
  2. Open the VirtualBox.xml file
  3. Search for MachineRegistry entry
  4. Set the correct path
  5. Start VirtualBox

Upvotes: 0

Athul Krishna
Athul Krishna

Reputation: 11

1.backup the original vm folders (VirtualBox VMs\ECOMP)

2.create a new os with previous file name (ECOMP)

3.boot the new os with old virtual hard disk (C:\Users\jpedr\VirtualBox VMs\ECOMP\ECOMP.vbox)

4.shutdown the os

5.replace the new os folder files with old os files

6.start the new os

Upvotes: 1

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