I'm new to this, so apologies if this is in the wrong place or already been answered. I have recently set up a VM running windows 7 ultimate edition. Everything for windows install was fine, my issue is that I don't seem to be able to install any software at all in the VM. I'm trying to download exe for various apps, each and every one fails during the set up with one error code or another.
Have I missed something important? Any idea what the common denominator could be? I had read that you should be able to download and install any exe within the VM just as you would the host machine, but that does not seem to be the case for me. I've tried ensuring the install files are configured to run in administrator mode, but that didn't seem to make any difference.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm total a noob here
Unable to install any software on Windows 7 VM
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Re: Unable to install any software on Windows 7 VM
What are the errors?GeneticOverkill wrote:every one fails during the set up with one error code or another.
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Re: Unable to install any software on Windows 7 VM
unable to create directory folder for xx error code 5, and another just says unspecified
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Re: Unable to install any software on Windows 7 VM
I have now tried windows 7, 8.1 and 11 with my own product key (which eats my RAM) and I still get the attached or similar:
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Re: Unable to install any software on Windows 7 VM
You have three different OS's, and you still can't install apps in any of them? Or is it only the Roblox app?
Start one of the VMs from full normal shutdown, not save-state. Run until you see the problem happen, then shut down the VM from within the VM's OS if possible. If not possible, close the Virtualbox window for the VM with the Power Off option set.
Right-click the VM in the main Virtualbox window's VM list, choose Show in Explorer/Finder/File Manager. In the "Logs" subfolder, zip the VM's "vbox.log", and post the zip file, using the forum's Upload Attachment tab. (Configure your host OS to show all extensions so you can find the "vbox.log", not "vbox.log.1", etc.)
Start one of the VMs from full normal shutdown, not save-state. Run until you see the problem happen, then shut down the VM from within the VM's OS if possible. If not possible, close the Virtualbox window for the VM with the Power Off option set.
Right-click the VM in the main Virtualbox window's VM list, choose Show in Explorer/Finder/File Manager. In the "Logs" subfolder, zip the VM's "vbox.log", and post the zip file, using the forum's Upload Attachment tab. (Configure your host OS to show all extensions so you can find the "vbox.log", not "vbox.log.1", etc.)
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Re: Unable to install any software on Windows 7 VM
Hi Again,
I've attempted on three different OS's yes. I am mainly trying to install the Roblox apps but I have tried others and they wont install either. The only thing that would install is google chrome, which doesn't need admin privileges to install, I don't know if that's linked. But i have tried running the exe as administrator and the same things happens. Is the attached the thing you are looking for?
Thanks
I've attempted on three different OS's yes. I am mainly trying to install the Roblox apps but I have tried others and they wont install either. The only thing that would install is google chrome, which doesn't need admin privileges to install, I don't know if that's linked. But i have tried running the exe as administrator and the same things happens. Is the attached the thing you are looking for?
Thanks
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Re: Unable to install any software on Windows 7 VM
so I actually can install some apps, VLC player went on, but Roblox still just wont install
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Re: Unable to install any software on Windows 7 VM
If the Roblox installer tests for the minimum Graphics card it specifies on their site, then its unlikely to install/run successfully. You need to check with them whether or not the software can be installed on a VM (which cannot make full us of the Host system's graphics capability).