After a Windows AppVM running in Seamless Gui mode crashes it often fails to
connect to qrexec agent at subsequent boot causing the user to be forced to
kill the AppVM which causes the machine to fail to connect co qrexec agent
which causes a spiral of misery. Here's how to fix that:
1. Disable Seamless GUI and enable debug mode of Windows VM
2. Start Windows VM
3. In the VM window You'll see the Safe Mode prompt. This prompt is the real
cause of the issue as the 30 second timer prolongs the boot process which in
turns causes qrexec to timeout. Select "Start Windows normally.
4. In Windows AppVM launch Command Prompt as Administrator
5. Use following commands in the Commands Prompt: "bcdedit /set {bootmgr}
displaybootmenu no" (no quotes) and "bcdedit /set {default} bootstatuspolicy
ignoreallfailures" (no quotes)
6. Shutdown Windows machine
7. (optionally) change how long the qrexec waits for connection from the
default 60 seconds to 120 seconds
8. Enable Seamless GUI back and disable debug mode
Your Windows VM should start normally after a crash now.
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