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<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="customize-vm-selector">
<title>VM Selector Customization</title>
<body>
<p>The following per-machine VM extradata settings can be used to change the behavior of the VM selector window in
respect of certain VMs: </p>
<pre xml:space="preserve">$ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname>
<varname>property</varname> true</pre>
<p><varname>property</varname> can be any of the following:
</p>
<dl>
<dlentry>
<dt>
<codeph>GUI/HideDetails</codeph>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>Do not show the VM configuration of a certain VM. The details window will remain just empty if this VM is
selected. </p>
</dd>
</dlentry>
<dlentry>
<dt>
<codeph>GUI/PreventReconfiguration</codeph>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>Do not allow the user to open the <b outputclass="bold">Settings</b> dialog for a certain VM. </p>
</dd>
</dlentry>
<dlentry>
<dt>
<codeph>GUI/PreventSnapshotOperations</codeph>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>Prevent snapshot operations for a VM from the GUI, either at runtime or when the VM is powered off. </p>
</dd>
</dlentry>
<dlentry>
<dt>
<codeph>GUI/HideFromManager</codeph>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>Hide a certain VM in the VM selector window. </p>
</dd>
</dlentry>
<dlentry>
<dt>
<codeph>GUI/PreventApplicationUpdate</codeph>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>Disable the automatic update check and hide the corresponding menu item. </p>
</dd>
</dlentry>
</dl>
<p>Note that these settings do not prevent the user from reconfiguring the VM by using the <userinput>VBoxManage
modifyvm</userinput> command. </p>
</body>
</topic>
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