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  <title>Public Properties</title>
  
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    <p>Public properties can be specified with the MSI API, to control additional behavior and features of the Windows
      host installer. Use either of the following commands: </p>
    <pre xml:space="preserve">VirtualBox.exe -msiparams NAME=VALUE [...]</pre>
    <pre xml:space="preserve">msiexec /i VirtualBox-&lt;version&gt;-Win.msi NAME=VALUE [...]</pre>
    <p>The following public properties are available. </p>
    <ul>
      <li>
        <p>VBOX_INSTALLDESKTOPSHORTCUT </p>
        <p>Specifies whether or not an <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> icon on the desktop should
          be created. </p>
        <p>Set to <codeph>1</codeph> to enable, <codeph>0</codeph> to disable. Default is 1. </p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p>VBOX_INSTALLQUICKLAUNCHSHORTCUT </p>
        <p>Specifies whether or not an <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> icon in the Quick Launch
          Bar should be created. </p>
        <p>Set to <codeph>1</codeph> to enable, <codeph>0</codeph> to disable. Default is 1. </p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p>VBOX_REGISTERFILEEXTENSIONS </p>
        <p>Specifies whether or not the file extensions .vbox, .vbox-extpack, .ovf, .ova, .vdi, .vmdk, .vhd and .vdd
          should be associated with <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>. Files of these types then
          will be opened with <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>. </p>
        <p>Set to <codeph>1</codeph> to enable, <codeph>0</codeph> to disable. Default is 1. </p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p>VBOX_START </p>
        <p>Specifies whether to start <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> right after successful
          installation. </p>
        <p>Set to <codeph>1</codeph> to enable, <codeph>0</codeph> to disable. Default is 1. </p>
      </li>
    </ul>
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