VirtualBox Fullscreen Host OS Toolbar still visible

Question

Im trying very hard to like virtualbox, but so far I find it so much worse than vmplayer in so many ways. If it wouldnt take me hours to install everything back into vmplayer i would have moved back days ago

When I open my ubuntu vm my host OS's (windows 10) toolbar is still visible at the bottom of the screen, cutting off the actual virtualbox toolbar

Please help me

(edit) It is in fullscreen mode already, it just still shows the toolbar/taskbar from the host OS

Answer 1

Open Task Manager of Windows 10, Select "Windows Explorer" and Restart. Reference Link

Answer 2

I had this same issue. The Windows 10 taskbar was still showing when I had VirtualBox in fullscreen mode, and what caused it for me was I had a program called Rufus (for creating bootable USBs) open and it was keeping the taskbar from hiding. Once I closed Rufus, everything worked as it should. So, maybe you had a program keeping focus on the taskbar, something that needed attention, and wouldn't let the taskbar hide.