I hid the menu bar in virtual box, how to show it again?

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In top menu bar, I accidentally selected to hide that top menu bar ("File", "Help", etc).

As the bar has disappeared, I now cannot access the option to show it again. Not very thought through in my opinion.

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How do I show it again? My version is 5.0.4r.

Tomáš Zato - Reinstate Monica

Posted 2017-02-08T12:24:51.203

Reputation: 2 932

Which VirtualBox window are you referring to? Which software version are you running? – a CVn – 2017-02-08T12:29:25.410

5Try RightCtrl + C – jcbermu – 2017-02-08T12:32:46.470

1@jcbermu That hides even the bottom menu. – Tomáš Zato - Reinstate Monica – 2017-02-08T12:35:21.347

Answers

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Open virtual machine's settings, then User Interface page. Check this box:

Screenshot of VM settings window on User Interface page, with an arrow pointing to a checkbox on the top toolbar

gronostaj

Posted 2017-02-08T12:24:51.203

Reputation: 33 047

As a side note, if the manager is not open, then the settings can be accessed by the shortcut Host+S, where Host is by default the right control key. – NK1406 – 2019-11-10T20:57:28.240

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You can access the menu while the VM is running by RightCTRL + Home. It will pop up as a contextual menu through which you will be able to reactivate the display of the menu.

mercibe

Posted 2017-02-08T12:24:51.203

Reputation: 341

2This method is definitely the quickest. – NK1406 – 2019-11-10T20:50:32.947

for me by default it is not RightCtrl, but RightAlt+Home. Actually in status line it is shown at the very right. Also the modifier key can be set in VirtualBox Preferences / Input / Virtual Machine / Host Key Combination – avp – 2020-01-18T22:21:04.553

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Temporary removing of %USERPROFILE%/.VirtualBox folder with

mv %USERPROFILE%/.VirtualBox %USERPROFILE%/.VirtualBox_old

and starting a virtualbox from scratch allowed to solve the issue with the help of

hotkeys(Host+C & Host+Home, where Host=Right Ctrl)

from this tooltip

yevhen vitiuk

Posted 2017-02-08T12:24:51.203

Reputation: 11

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  1. Just move the .VDI file out of the folder made by VirtualBox (otherwise you will delete it by mistake)
  2. Go to the VirtualBox manager program and delete the profile made for the virtual operating system by right click on its icon and selecting delete all
  3. Try to recreate the virtual box but this time use existing .vdi file and the rest just same.

masoud Afrakhteh

Posted 2017-02-08T12:24:51.203

Reputation: 1

Why would I do this instead of re-enabling the toolbar in settings? – gronostaj – 2019-07-26T07:06:15.753

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