[VirtualBox] Installing Guest Additions for Screen Size Changes
Tadashi Shigeoka · Mon, September 5, 2011
I’ll introduce how to configure screen size changes for Windows 7 installed on VirtualBox.
Installing Guest Additions enables screen size changes.
- Using VirtualBox on Large Screen (Guest Additions)
- How to Use Free Virtualization Software "VirtualBox" for Simultaneous Mac and Windows Use / Inforati
Installing Guest Additions requires VBoxGuestAdditions.iso.
On Mac, this file path is inside the application package, so first copy it to the desktop, then load it via:
“Devices” → “CD/DVD Devices” → “Choose Virtual CD/DVD Disk File”
VBoxGuestAdditions.iso File Location
[Mac]
/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
[Windows7]
C:\\Program Files\\Oracle\\VirtualBox\\VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
On Windows 7, you can install via menu bar “Devices” → “Install Guest Additions”.
That’s all from the Gemba.