Can't install VirtualBox on Windows 11
Can't install VirtualBox on Windows 11
"RTDirExists failed on C:\Temp\... which we just created"
Help me to solve this, pls
Windows 11 x64 Pro, admin rights
thanks
P.S. VB ver. 6.1.36
Help me to solve this, pls
Windows 11 x64 Pro, admin rights
thanks
P.S. VB ver. 6.1.36
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Re: WTF? Can't install VirtualBox on Windows 11
Starting off with a not-so-veiled expletive, eh?... Deleted.
If you are running an Insider Preview of 11, please note that Insider Previews are not supported.
The Virtualbox installer is really a Microsoft program that works with the Windows MSI installer database. Google for how to enable MSI logging, then try the installation again. If it fails, please post the log as a zip file using the forum's Upload Attachment tab.
Basic troubleshooting steps for Windows Installer
Enable Windows Installer logging
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/troubl ... er-logging
If you are running an Insider Preview of 11, please note that Insider Previews are not supported.
The Virtualbox installer is really a Microsoft program that works with the Windows MSI installer database. Google for how to enable MSI logging, then try the installation again. If it fails, please post the log as a zip file using the forum's Upload Attachment tab.
Basic troubleshooting steps for Windows Installer
Enable Windows Installer logging
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/troubl ... er-logging
Re: Can't install VirtualBox on Windows 11
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Re: Can't install VirtualBox on Windows 11
It looks like you posted the output of a chkdsk. That's not an MSI log. Please try again to enable MSI logging and re-run the Virtualbox installer. Also, right-click the installer and Run As Adminisrator, even though you already have admin permissions.
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Re: Can't install VirtualBox on Windows 11
I googled "RTDirExists failed on C:\Temp\ which we just created", and that message comes from the Virtualbox installer script. The error occurs when the directory creation fails. Try looking if you have a C:\Temp folder. If not, try to make one. Then be sure that "Everyone" has full permissions to write into it. Then right-click-Run-As-Administrator the Virtualbox installer again.
Re: Can't install VirtualBox on Windows 11
Follder exists, installer run with admin rights, so I did it about 50+ times, this error occures once
Re: Can't install VirtualBox on Windows 11
Can you help me like IT=specialists?
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Re: Can't install VirtualBox on Windows 11
Please note that there's something between:sdv2k wrote:Follder exists, installer run with admin rights,
Please post a screenshot using the forum's Upload Attachment tab showing C:\Temp's Properties, Security tab.scottgus1 wrote:be sure that "Everyone" has full permissions to write into it.
Also, be aware hat this forum is run by volunteer fellow Virtualbox users, not employees, so we all have lives too, and it may take some time for help to come.
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Re: Can't install VirtualBox on Windows 11
These are user to user discussion forums. There are no IT specialists here, and nobody owes you anything. Plus, a free download would entitle you to zero help even if we did work for Oracle.sdv2k wrote:Can you help me like IT=specialists?
Anything more along those lines will result in a locked topic.
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Re: Can't install VirtualBox on Windows 11
On your host, please check if one of the environment variables TMP, TEMP and USERPROFILE contains "C:\Temp." with a dot.
PS: There have been changes near the error message in VirtualBox 6.1.36, which allows for the possibility of a regression.
PS: There have been changes near the error message in VirtualBox 6.1.36, which allows for the possibility of a regression.