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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
<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>