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if you create a script, as follows, and add it to the Startup folder of Windows 2012<br />
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--- script start<br />
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cd &quot;C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox&quot;<br />
VBoxHeadless --startvm name_of_your_vm_here<br />
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--- script end
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if you create a script, as follows, and add it to the Startup folder of Windows 2012


--- script start

cd "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox"
VBoxHeadless --startvm name_of_your_vm_here

--- script end

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Thank you hanccocka, however that script will only be executed once someone logs into the server, if nobody logs in it will not execute.
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Thank you hanccocka, however that script will only be executed once someone logs into the server, if nobody logs in it will not execute.

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I have a specific VM that runs within Virtual Box, and I would like that VM to be started automatically in the event the windows server (2012) reboots or is restarted after power outage.<br />
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Is this possible ideally without any third party software that incurs additional cost.<br />
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Thanks.
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I have a specific VM that runs within Virtual Box, and I would like that VM to be started automatically in the event the windows server (2012) reboots or is restarted after power outage.

Is this possible ideally without any third party software that incurs additional cost.

Thanks.

Start Virtual Box VM on server boot

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

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Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.