2) Install VB 7.2.4 using "run as administrator" option
4) Install the current guest additions.
5) reboot, don't bother to test VB yet
6) Reinstall VB 7.2.4, select the "repair" option, again using "run as administrator" option
7) Reinstall current guest additions.
9) Your VMs should now work.
Comment - Either Win11 25H2 or the VB installation program do not delete old portions of earlier VB installs the first time around. Could not be bothered to find out which it is