Note : If the box next to 'Virtual Machine Platform' is greyed out or you have installed 'Virtual Machine Platform' but WSL2 complains you haven't, shut down the guest VM, open PowerShell as Administrator on the host machine, and run: Confirm the action by clicking the Stop Process button. (see screenshot below) WARNING: If you do not close or shut down the virtual machine first, the the settings options will remain grayed out until you do. It can also be used to list current domains. In this video, we're going to show you How to Fix: Can't change Virtual Machine Settings in Virtual Box. Step 2 Make sure the Memory, CPUs, and Hard disk 1 settings are set no lower than the defaults, as described in Default Virtual Appliance Settings, page 4. The 'Shutdown' button may not be available in the Start menu and grayed out when you press Ctrl+Alt+Del.

Select your runbook and from the top bar click on the Edit icon.

Virtual machine startup and shutdown edit greyed out The 'Edit' option is greyed out.