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<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="preferences">
<title><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> Preferences</title>
<body>
<p>The Preferences window offers a selection of settings, which apply to all virtual machines of the current user. </p>
<note>
<p>The available Preferences settings depend on the selected experience level. To display all
Preference settings, ensure the experience level is set to <b>Expert</b>.</p>
<p>See <xref href="ui-experience-level.dita#gui-experience-level"/>.</p>
</note>
<p>To display the Preferences window, do either of the following: </p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Select <b outputclass="bold">File</b>, <b outputclass="bold">Preferences</b>. </p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Click <b outputclass="bold">Preferences</b> on the Welcome screen in <ph
conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>. </p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>The following settings are available: </p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><b outputclass="bold">General.</b> Enables you to
specify the default folder or directory for VM files, and the
VRDP Authentication Library.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><b outputclass="bold">Input.</b> Enables you to specify keyboard shortcuts, both in <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> and in individual VMs. For example you might want to specify a different <b outputclass="bold">Host key</b>. This is the key that toggles whether the cursor is in the focus of the VM or the Host OS windows, see <xref href="keyb_mouse_normal.dita#keyb_mouse_normal"/>. The Host key is also used to trigger certain VM actions, see <xref href="specialcharacters.dita#specialcharacters"/>. </p>
</li>
<!--<li>
<p><b outputclass="bold">Update.</b> Enables you to
specify various settings for Automatic Updates.
</p>
</li>-->
<li>
<p><b outputclass="bold">Language.</b> Enables you to specify the language used for menus, labels, and text in
<ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>. </p>
</li>
<li>
<p><b outputclass="bold">Display.</b> Enables you to
specify the screen resolution, and its width and height. A
default scale factor can be specified for all guest screens.
</p>
<p>A default font scaling factor can be set for all guest screen displays.</p>
<p>Other extended features can be selected, to ensure that guest screens work well with the host display.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><b outputclass="bold">Proxy.</b> Enables you to configure an HTTP proxy server.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><b outputclass="bold">Interface.</b> Enables you to select a color theme for the <ph
conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> user interface. </p>
<note>
<p>This setting is only available on Windows host platforms. </p>
</note>
</li>
</ul>
</body>
</topic>
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