Matt Refghi

How to Extract an .MSI From a VirtualBox .EXE for Use With SCCM/Intune – (Short)

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If you ever want to distribute Oracle VirtualBox through Intune or SCCM, here’s how you can get an MSI which will make the process a lot easier. Click Windows Hosts to download a Windows copy of VirtualBox. Now that we’re in the downloads over here, let’s go back up one folder and then we’re going to right-click downloads while holding SHIFT. We’re going to select “Open PowerShell window here”, we’re going to do quick “dir” to show where we are… there’s our .exe.

So what I’m about to show you is that you can start typing “Virtual” for example, press Tab and it auto-completes like this, but instead of just running it, we’re going to add a flag here, we’re going to say Extract, and this little pop-up appears. So now to get to this folder, let’s press Windows Key + R and here we can type %LocalAppData%. This is a variable that when you enter it, it will give you the exact path to the local folder within AppData. I’m going to press ENTER and the folder comes up as expected. So I’m going to go to the Temp folder, and what do you know, right here, there’s an actual .msi file.

How to Permanently Delete Files or Folders Using a Keyboard Shortcut in Windows 11 – (Short)

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So here I have six different images. What if I wanted to permanently delete the penguin? Well, to do that, what I could do is drag the image here to the recycle bin, right-click and say Empty Recycle Bin to delete it forever. Or, what I could do instead is just select the image, press DELETE, that skips the dragging part, and then I can right-click to recycle bin and say Empty Recycle Bin.

But there’s in fact a better way – if I’m sure I want to wipe out this penguin, all I have to do is select the image, or multiple images, hold SHIFT, press DELETE, and then this pop-up comes up. This is asking you if you’re sure you want to permanently wipe out this poor, innocent bird – and in this case, yeah, for the sake of my demonstration I will wipe it out. So I’m going to say yes, and you’ll notice there’s nothing in the recycle bin here – that temporary storage has been skipped, it’s just been deleted, doesn’t exist anymore. That’s good to know when you’re sure you want to delete something.

How to Permanently Delete Files or Folders Using a Keyboard Shortcut in Windows 11

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So here I have six different images. What if I wanted to permanently delete the penguin? Well, to do that, what I could do is drag the image here to the recycle bin, right-click and say Empty Recycle Bin to delete it forever. Or, what I could do instead is just select the image, press DELETE, that skips the dragging part, and then I can right-click to recycle bin and say Empty Recycle Bin.

But there’s in fact a better way – if I’m sure I want to wipe out this penguin, all I have to do is select the image, or multiple images, hold SHIFT, press DELETE, and then this pop-up comes up. This is asking you if you’re sure you want to permanently wipe out this poor, innocent bird – and in this case, yeah, for the sake of my demonstration I will wipe it out. So I’m going to say yes, and you’ll notice there’s nothing in the recycle bin here – that temporary storage has been skipped, it’s just been deleted, doesn’t exist anymore. That’s good to know when you’re sure you want to delete something.