If you like the content, we would appreciate your support by buying us a coffee. Thank you so much for your visit and support. Here is a short tip on how to increase the size of the window. First in you virtual machine, click on Settings after you have selected the Ubuntu VM : This will open up the window below make sure you click on the Display icon on the top : Now as shown above, modify the value of the scale factor.
VirtualBox is my virtualization software of choice. It is free and feature-rich, so all my virtual machines are created in VirtualBox. Sometimes you need to set the exact display resolution which is not listed in the guest OS settings. While you can achieve this by resizing the VM's window, it is a waste of time. Here is how you can do it quickly. To bypass this limitation, you need to use the VBoxManage tool, which is a console application to tweak virtual machines on the fly and offline.
The first command unlocks all possible display resolutions for virtual machines. The second command defines a custom video mode for the specific virtual machine with name "Machine Name". Finally, the third command sets this custom video mode for your virtual machine.
You must run these commands after the virtual machine has been started, when the guest operating system is ready to use and its Guest Additions are installed properly and loaded. See the following article: All ways to open the command prompt in Windows 10 , and the part "Run the command prompt directly from Explorer". Once you execute these commands, the result will be as follows:. Winaero greatly relies on your support.
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Active 6 years, 10 months ago. Viewed 31k times. Improve this question. I had the same problem and my Guest Addition was installed correctly.
I read BobT suggestion above and checked my adapter graphic memory and it was using MB. I changed it to MB and everything got fixed. Then changed it back to MB and now everything is fine : So maybe just a change is need to hint VB graphic adapter. Hope it works :. During a fullscreen session you should have a hidden bar on the bottom of the screen with restore tools: just tap the bottom of the screen with the mouse pointer.
Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Virtual Box - not filling entire screen Ask Question. Asked 9 years, 9 months ago. Active 5 years, 8 months ago. Viewed k times. I am new to VirtualBox and am trying to set up an instance of Windows 7 Any help on this would be most appreciated.
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