[Solved] VBox 6.0RC1 W10 HOST: not starting

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trekfan1
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[Solved] VBox 6.0RC1 W10 HOST: not starting

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After installation on Win 10 virtualbox 6.0 RC1 not starting and appearing this message:

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acquisition of the virtualbox COM object failed, the application will be terminated immediately
W10 PRO 18.09
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Sorry for my English, i'm Italian
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Re: VBox 6.0RC1 W10 HOST: not starting

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Go to the test builds area (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds) and download Windows build 127540 or greater, it should fix the COM issue. Let me know if it does, as soon as you can please...
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Re: VBox 6.0RC1 W10 HOST: not starting

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Windows build 127540 OK
Sorry for my English, i'm Italian
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Re: [Solved] VBox 6.0RC1 W10 HOST: not starting

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Great, thanks for letting us know. And thank you for marking the topic as [Solved]... ;)
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