USB sticks no longer show up

[WilliamP]

After upgrading to 5.1.26, USB sticks no longer show up in the guest VM (both Windows 10 and Ubuntu Linux). If I hover the mouse on the USB stick, it says it's "captured". But, there is no "check" mark that I used to see before. If I try to attach again, I get error message

Failed to attach the USB device ADATA USB Flash Drive [1100] to the virtual machine Ubuntu.

USB device 'ADATA ADATA USB Flash Drive' with UUID {ba8ef915-3f5b-47d3-a1e5-657c68b745b8} is busy with a previous request. Please try again later.

Result Code: E_INVALIDARG (0x80070057)
Component: HostUSBDeviceWrap
Interface: IHostUSBDevice {c19073dd-cc7b-431b-98b2-951fda8eab89}
Callee: IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}

After this, USB sticks doesn't work, even if I reinstall 5.1.24, 5.1.22, and 5.1.20.

Here are results of commands from "USB basics and troubleshooting":

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C:\Users\ecl15981>cd "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox"

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>id
'id' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage -version
5.1.26r117224

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage list extpacks
Extension Packs: 1
Pack no. 0:   Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
Version:      5.1.26
Revision:     117224
Edition:
Description:  USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 Host Controller, Host Webcam, VirtualBox RDP,
PXE ROM, Disk Encryption, NVMe.
VRDE Module:  VBoxVRDP
Usable:       true
Why unusable:

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C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage list usbhost
Host USB Devices:

UUID:               fda8ba01-2c9c-4f9e-8170-242eec4bd71d
VendorId:           0x8087 (8087)
ProductId:          0x07dc (07DC)
Revision:           0.1 (0001)
Port:               0
USB version/speed:  2/High
Manufacturer:       Intel Corp.
Address:            {e0cbf06c-cd8b-4647-bb8a-263b43f0f974}\0000
Current State:      Busy

UUID:               d4aa768b-cd53-404a-ac17-42ef12fd345a
VendorId:           0x17ef (17EF)
ProductId:          0x7205 (7205)
Revision:           48.0 (4800)
Port:               0
USB version/speed:  3/Super
Manufacturer:       Lenovo
Product:            Thinkpad USB LAN
SerialNumber:       000001000000
Address:            {4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\0019
Current State:      Busy

UUID:               15acd8be-f637-4ee6-96c7-1aab8af9c2aa
VendorId:           0x1532 (1532)
ProductId:          0x010b (010B)
Revision:           0.2 (0002)
Port:               0
USB version/speed:  1/Full
Manufacturer:       Razer
Product:            Razer Arctosa
Address:            {36fc9e60-c465-11cf-8056-444553540000}\0067
Current State:      Busy

UUID:               615c21ab-dad6-42cf-87b0-035c2d65328d
VendorId:           0x13b1 (13B1)
ProductId:          0x003a (003A)
Revision:           0.1 (0001)
Port:               0
USB version/speed:  2/High
Manufacturer:       Cisco
Product:            Linksys AE2500
SerialNumber:       000000000001
Address:            {4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\0011
Current State:      Busy

UUID:               bcf4c79a-3e66-4447-950e-048572ce8af6
VendorId:           0x125f (125F)
ProductId:          0xdb8a (DB8A)
Revision:           17.0 (1700)
Port:               0
USB version/speed:  3/Super
Manufacturer:       ADATA
Product:            ADATA USB Flash Drive
SerialNumber:       26C28150800300F7
Address:            {36fc9e60-c465-11cf-8056-444553540000}\0099
Current State:      Busy

UUID:               04c37f80-3204-4ced-9679-2079309c9f19
VendorId:           0x045e (045E)
ProductId:          0x0039 (0039)
Revision:           1.33 (0133)
Port:               0
USB version/speed:  1/Full
Manufacturer:       Microsoft
Product:            Microsoft IntelliMouser Optical
Address:            {745a17a0-74d3-11d0-b6fe-00a0c90f57da}\0053
Current State:      Busy

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C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage list usbfilters
Global USB Device Filters:

<none>

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C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage showvminfo Ubuntu
Name:            Ubuntu
Groups:          /
Guest OS:        Ubuntu (64-bit)
UUID:            5a9a2ce8-c339-4405-8657-8bef7271e346
Config file:     C:\Users\ecl15981\Desktop\VM\VirtualBox VMs\Ubuntu\Ubuntu.vbox
Snapshot folder: C:\Users\ecl15981\Desktop\VM\VirtualBox VMs\Ubuntu\Snapshots
Log folder:      C:\Users\ecl15981\Desktop\VM\VirtualBox VMs\Ubuntu\Logs
Hardware UUID:   5a9a2ce8-c339-4405-8657-8bef7271e346
Memory size:     4096MB
Page Fusion:     off
VRAM size:       128MB
CPU exec cap:    100%
HPET:            off
Chipset:         piix3
Firmware:        BIOS
Number of CPUs:  2
PAE:             off
Long Mode:       on
Triple Fault Reset: off
APIC:            on
X2APIC:          on
CPUID Portability Level: 0
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode:  message and menu
Boot Device (1): Floppy
Boot Device (2): DVD
Boot Device (3): HardDisk
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI:            on
IOAPIC:          on
BIOS APIC mode:  APIC
Time offset:     0ms
RTC:             UTC
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Nested Paging:   on
Large Pages:     on
VT-x VPID:       on
VT-x unr. exec.: on
Paravirt. Provider: Default
Effective Paravirt. Provider: KVM
State:           powered off (since 2017-08-28T15:43:12.000000000)
Monitor count:   1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address:
Teleporter Password:
Tracing Enabled: off
Allow Tracing to Access VM: off
Tracing Configuration:
Autostart Enabled: off
Autostart Delay: 0
Default Frontend:
Storage Controller Name (0):            IDE
Storage Controller Type (0):            PIIX4
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0):  2
Storage Controller Port Count (0):      2
Storage Controller Bootable (0):        on
Storage Controller Name (1):            SATA
Storage Controller Type (1):            IntelAhci
Storage Controller Instance Number (1): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (1):  30
Storage Controller Port Count (1):      1
Storage Controller Bootable (1):        on
IDE (1, 0): Empty
SATA (0, 0): C:\Users\ecl15981\Desktop\VM\VirtualBox VMs\Ubuntu\Snapshots/{9e4663c0-4326-477c-a889-2f9c2b9d29d1}.vdi (UUID: 9e4663c0-4326-477c-a889-2f9c2b9d29d1)
NIC 1:           MAC: 080027FC3C63, Attachment: Bridged Interface 'Thinkpad USB3.0 Ethernet Adapter', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: deny, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 2:           disabled
NIC 3:           disabled
NIC 4:           disabled
NIC 5:           disabled
NIC 6:           disabled
NIC 7:           disabled
NIC 8:           disabled
Pointing Device: USB Tablet
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1:          disabled
UART 2:          disabled
UART 3:          disabled
UART 4:          disabled
LPT 1:           disabled
LPT 2:           disabled
Audio:           enabled (Driver: DSOUND, Controller: AC97, Codec: AD1980)
Clipboard Mode:  Bidirectional
Drag and drop Mode: disabled
VRDE:            disabled
USB:             disabled
EHCI:            disabled
XHCI:            enabled

USB Device Filters:

<none>

Bandwidth groups:  <none>

Shared folders:

Name: 'Downloads', Host path: 'C:\Users\ecl15981\Downloads' (machine mapping), writable
Name: 'HOME', Host path: 'C:\Users\ecl15981\Desktop\HOME' (machine mapping), writable
Name: 'VM', Host path: 'C:\Users\ecl15981\Desktop\VM' (machine mapping), writable

Video capturing:    not active
Capture screens:    0
Capture file:       C:\Users\ecl15981\Desktop\VM\VirtualBox VMs\Ubuntu\Ubuntu.webm
Capture dimensions: 1024x768
Capture rate:       512 kbps
Capture FPS:        25

Guest:

Configured memory balloon size:      0 MB

Snapshots:

   Name: 5.1.26 (UUID: b4756788-4ed1-4bb7-b324-d43f0b2f9e6e) *

[socratis]

You do not have a filter installed, you're trying the on-the-fly capturing, which is more fragile. Plus you have to eject it first from your host to be sure that it will work as it should. Please read carefully and thoroughly the appropriate posts in USB basics and troubleshooting.

[WilliamP]

Sorry about the formatting. It was my first post.

- I created USB filter.
- Unplugged USB stick.
- Plugged it back.
- Started VirtualBox. -- USB icon in Windows host disappears (OK). Hovering the on the USB stick line, "Status: captured" (OK). But, it doesn't show up in Ubuntu guest, and there is no "check mark" that I used to see.

Frustrating thing is that it used to work, before 5.1.26.

[socratis]

- Unplugged USB stick.
- Plugged it back.
- Started VirtualBox

I'm sorry, you have to read the directions again. That's *not* what the recipe talks about. Read it again carefully.

[WilliamP]

USB stick is working again with 5.1.28.
Solved.