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  <title>Starting <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/></title>
  
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    <p>After installation, you can start <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> as follows: </p>
    <ul>
      <li>
        <p><b outputclass="bold">Windows hosts.</b> In the <b outputclass="bold">Programs</b> menu,
          click the item in the <b outputclass="bold">VirtualBox</b> group. On some Windows
          platforms, you can also enter <userinput>VirtualBox</userinput> in the search box of the
            <b outputclass="bold">Start</b> menu. </p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p><b outputclass="bold">macOS hosts.</b> In the Finder, double-click the <b
            outputclass="bold">VirtualBox</b> item in the Applications folder. You may want to drag
          this item onto your Dock. </p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p><b outputclass="bold">Linux or Oracle Solaris
          hosts</b>. Depending on your desktop environment, an
          <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> item may have been placed in either the System
          or System Tools group of your
          <b outputclass="bold">Applications</b> menu.
          Alternatively, you can enter <userinput>VirtualBox</userinput> in
          a terminal window.
        </p>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p>When you start <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>, the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> interface is shown. See <xref href="configuring-virtualbox.dita"/>. </p>
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