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Understanding and Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions

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The VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO File
The ISO image contains executable files intended to autorun when the image is mounted as a virtual CD/DVD device on a virtual machine. The correct executable depends on the guest operating system and virtual machine architecture (i.e 32-bit or 64-bit) as outlined below:
* ''VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run - A shell script for installing VirtualBox Guest additions on 32-bit Linux guests.
* '''VBoxLinuxAdditions-amd64.run''' - A shell script for installing VirtualBox Guest additions on 64-bit Linux guests.
* '''VBoxWindowsAdditions.exe''' - The main Windows VirtualBox Guest Additions installation executable. When run this program decides whether to install the 32-bit or 64-bit guest additions using one of the following executables. * TBD Whilst the ISO image file may be manually mounted on a virtual machine as a virtual CD/DVD device, the
== Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions on Windows ==
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