[Solved] Virtual Machines don't start

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Bernhard92
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[Solved] Virtual Machines don't start

Post by Bernhard92 »

Hi,
Since yesterdays Creator Update for Win10 all my Virtual Machines don't start.

The error code I get is:

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Fehlercode:E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Komponente:MachineWrap
Interface:IMachine {b2547866-a0a1-4391-8b86-6952d82efaa0}
In the attachments you can find the error log from the Virtual Machine.


best regards
Bernhard
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VBoxHardening.zip
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Last edited by socratis on 2. Dec 2017, 22:46, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Marked as [Solved].
mpack
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Re: Virtual Machines don't start

Post by mpack »

Reinstall VirtualBox, just like you effectively reinstalled Windows.
Bernhard92
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Re: Virtual Machines don't start

Post by Bernhard92 »

How can I make sure to keep the content of the Virtual Machine, the Guest Extensions, the shared folders.... when I reinstall VirtualBox?
mpack
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Re: Virtual Machines don't start

Post by mpack »

Why would reinstalling VirtualBox affect your VMs? Would reinstalling Word make you lose your document files?
socratis
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Re: Virtual Machines don't start

Post by socratis »

Your VMs are not affected if you update VirtualBox. VirtualBox is the program, VMs are the data. If you upgrade iTunes your songs do not get affected. Same with VirtualBox.
Do NOT send me Personal Messages (PMs) for troubleshooting, they are simply deleted.
Do NOT reply with the "QUOTE" button, please use the "POST REPLY", at the bottom of the form.
If you obfuscate any information requested, I will obfuscate my response. These are virtual UUIDs, not real ones.
Bernhard92
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Re: Virtual Machines don't start

Post by Bernhard92 »

Reinstalling Virtual Box didn't resolve the problem. The error code, when trying to start any of my VMs is still the same one I uploaded previously.

Edit:
Upgrading to another Virtual Box Version (5.2.2) resolved the problem for me, maybe the 5.1 version I used before is not compatible with the latest win10 update.
Last edited by Bernhard92 on 3. Dec 2017, 13:13, edited 1 time in total.
socratis
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Re: Virtual Machines don't start

Post by socratis »

Generally speaking, if you want the latest Windows you should have the latest VirtualBox. You simply didn't mention which VirtualBox version did it for you. Could you?

Marking as [Solved].
Do NOT send me Personal Messages (PMs) for troubleshooting, they are simply deleted.
Do NOT reply with the "QUOTE" button, please use the "POST REPLY", at the bottom of the form.
If you obfuscate any information requested, I will obfuscate my response. These are virtual UUIDs, not real ones.
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