Failed to create virtual box COM object

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mpack
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Re: Failed to create virtual box COM object

Post by mpack »

Don't raise the dead. This thread is 4 years old and your suggested solution will have killed every VM if it was suggested back then.
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Re: Failed to create virtual box COM object

Post by Doop »

5 years later and this is still an issue...

Deleting the .virtualbox folder doesn't work for me. It's just creates it again and then gives me the same error popup (Failed to create virtualbox com object).

I've tried so many different versions of virtualbox with exactly the same result.

This is on Windows 8.
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Re: Failed to create virtual box COM object

Post by noteirak »

Please open your own topic and provide the full list of actions you took, and make sure you read Minimum information needed for assistance.
I will now lock this topic and leave this topic be once & for all.
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