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(Solved) Unable install VBoxGuestAdditions on Win10home
Posted: 14. Dec 2020, 16:58
by satimis
Host - Ubuntu 20.04 desktop
Guests - 3 Win 10 VMs 64 bit
VirtualBox - Version 6.1
I have 3 Windows 10 VMs running on this daily working PC for sometimes, namely:
Win10pro_01 was cloned on Win10pro_00
Just added a 4K display on this PC. I could install VBoxGuestAddions on Win10pro_00 and Win10pro_01. Now they can work on 4K screen resolution.
But I couldn't install VBoxGuestAddions on Win10home. I don't know WHY? I have been trying more than 3 hrs, including creating a new Win10home_201214 from its ISO.
On VM window -> Devices
I tried
but failed. Please see;
screenshot_devices45.png
screenshot_setup_not_successful40.png
attached
Also I tried;
Open choices -> Open folder to view files
But I couldn't run the shell scripts there. Please see;
screenshot_open_folder45.png
Please help. Thanks
Regards
Re: Unable install VBoxGuestAdditions on Win10home
Posted: 14. Dec 2020, 17:06
by scottgus1
satimis wrote:ailed. Please see;
screenshot_devices45.png
screenshot_setup_not_successful40.png
Regrettably the error message is too small. Though resizing 4K images is necessary for us without 4K monitors to see, reducing the important part of the problem to an unreadable size is going too far the other way. There must be some balance.
Please show a screenshot of just the error box, not the whole VM window.
Re: Unable install VBoxGuestAdditions on Win10home
Posted: 15. Dec 2020, 00:06
by satimis
Hi,
The error message is attached. There is a size limit on the attached file upload
Regards
Re: Unable install VBoxGuestAdditions on Win10home
Posted: 15. Dec 2020, 01:05
by fth0
Even Google only knows very few sources that interpret the error code 0xe0000243 (ERROR_DIALOG_NOT_ACCEPTED2). One of those sources contains the following code, indicating that some dialog has not been accepted:
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else if ((ReturnErrorCode == ERROR_DIALOG_NOT_ACCEPTED) || (ReturnErrorCode == ERROR_DIALOG_NOT_ACCEPTED2))
{
MessageBox.Show("The driver cannot be installed unless you accept security warning or driver signature dialogs.", "Info");
backgroundArgs.resultStrings.Add("The driver was not installed. Please try again.");
}
It's peculiar that the error code starts with 0xe, which means that it is a customer-defined value, not a Microsoft-defined value.
Re: Unable install VBoxGuestAdditions on Win10home
Posted: 15. Dec 2020, 01:11
by scottgus1
fth0 wrote:"The driver cannot be installed unless you accept security warning or driver signature dialogs."
I wonder if running the GAs installer as Admin might help?
This problem is very unusual, Satimis, it doesn't happen much if at all.
Re: Unable install VBoxGuestAdditions on Win10home
Posted: 15. Dec 2020, 08:38
by satimis
Hi scottgus1,
Finally I got it done, installing 4K resolution on Win 10 64 bit
Steps performed as follows;
VM window
-> Devices -> Insert Guest Addition CD Image ...
It popup "CD Drive (D) VirtualBox Gu......" window
(pls see photo screenshot_cd_drive18.png)
Click "Open folder to view files"
It starts "CD Drive (D:) VirtualBox Guest Additions" window
(pls see photo screenshot_open_folder45.png)
Click "VBoxWindowsAdditions"
(Remark: not click "VBoxWindowsAdditions-amd64"
Yesterday I did click this option because I'm running AMD64 PC. I was wrong wasting me lot of time)
Then it starts "Choose Componensts" window
(pls see screenshot_choose_components13.png )
-> [Install]
Then the installation took care itself until finish. Now Win 10 home can work on 4K resolution. Its window size can be adjusted with mouse.
Regards
Re: (Solved) Unable install VBoxGuestAdditions on Win10home
Posted: 15. Dec 2020, 18:03
by scottgus1
satimis wrote:Click "VBoxWindowsAdditions"
(Remark: not click "VBoxWindowsAdditions-amd64"
Ah, yes, that makes sense as a cause of the trouble. Glad you kept up the hunt!
VBoxWindowsAdditions without the x86 or the amd64 is the "chooser" that tests the bittedness of the OS and launches the correct version of the GAs installer.