Cannot update VirtualBox on Windows 10

[tathanhdinh]

I have installed VirtualBox (version 5.1.6 r110634) on my machine on Windows 10. It works well, until recently when I have been noticed that there is a newer version 5.8.

I tried to update by first uninstalling the current version (i.e. 5.1.6 r110634), unfortunately, it does not work.

Using the Standard uninstaller of Windows, I received: "This installation package could not be opened. Contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer package". I tried again using msiexec (extract the package VirtualBox-5.1.6-110634-Win.exe, then use: msiexec /x VirtualBox-5.1.6-r110634-MultiArch_amd64.msi), but it does not work neither.

If installing directly from the package VirtualBox-5.1.8-111374-Win, I received: "The older version of Oracle VirtualBox 5.1.8 cannot be removed. Contact your technical support."

Many thanks for any help.

[socratis]

This sounds like a Windows installer problem, most probably a corrupt database. I believe you should focus on this as a Windows problem and not as a VirtualBox problem. Searching for tools that fix the installation database might be a good start.

[dod1450]

I also have the same problem. It is the upgrade version that is causing the problem. Any other applications installations works with no problems.

[dombijd]

I have the same problem, but I can solve it. First I downloaded VirtualBox 5.1.6. Then I run and choose repair. Then I can run the 5.1.10. setup.

[Twoy]

2016-12-17: I had the same Problem updating virutal box to 5.1.10
Problem: I tried to install VirtualBox-5.1.10-112026-Win.exe but during installation the setup process stopped and started rollback.

Then I tried to generate some logfiles via
1. VirtualBox-5.1.10-112026-Win.exe -extract
2. c:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Temp\VirtualBox>msiexec /i "VirtualBox-5.1.10-r112026-MultiArch_amd64.msi" /Lv "msi-virtualbox.log"
But the logfile was not so useful. VBoxHardening.log told me some errors with System32\opengl32.dll.

In between Windows10 installed some updates. After two Windows 10 reboot I tried the installation with clean application settings:
I Renamed the following folders:
c:\Users\%USERNAME%\.VirtualBox\
c:\Users\%USERNAME%\VirtualBox VMs\
and started setup VirtualBox-5.1.10-112026-Win.exe again. This time setup completed. After this step I renamed these folders back into its original name, an everythin was fine.

So I don't know if the windws 10 update or the renaming of these folder.

Regards,
Twoy