How to change VirtualBox default VM location in command line

Question

The default location is ~/VirtualBox\ VMS. How can I change it in command line? (GUI is not an option)?

Would you consider making ~/VirtualBox\ VMs a symlink to another directory an option ? — Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy, Jul 20, 2016 at 11:32
@Serg, I considered it thanks, reconfiguring the location would be preferable — bpgergo, Jul 20, 2016 at 11:40

Arronical · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-20 11:27:44Z

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This is a global VirtualBox property, and can be set with the following command:

vboxmanage setproperty machinefolder /path/to/directory/

Be aware that this will not move already created VMs, it will affect only VMs which are created after the machinefolder property has been set.

answered Jul 20, 2016 at 11:27

Arronical

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This worked, thanks, this is what I was looking for
– bpgergo
Jul 20, 2016 at 11:41
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use vboxmanage list systemproperties | grep folder to find out the current settings resp. to verify.
– Frank N
Oct 6, 2017 at 8:50

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