Error VirtualBox on Windows 10

[tvmczk]

Hello, I have not been able to run Virtual Box for several weeks due to the error below. It appeared after I had a problem with virtual machines that would not start. I uninstalled VB and since then I have the same error on every version. I need help

The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable.
Click OK to try again, or enter an alternate path to a folder containing the installation package 'm9r8o7b43klf2jh94fw4gcsf.msi in the box below

[scottgus1]

1. Download the Windows Virtualbox 7.0.6 version exe from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds
2. Make a temporary folder on you computer to hold the extracted files, like C:\VBOXMSI.
3. In a regular command prompt window, drag the downloaded exe file. The full path and file name of the exe will appear at the command prompt.
4. Type {space}--extract{space}--path{space}
5. Drag the temporary folder you made on the command window. The path and name of the folder will appear in the command window.
   The command will look like this:

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   drive:\path\to\VirtualBox-[versionnumber]-Win.exe --extract --path C:\VBOXMSI

6. Run the command. The MSI will be in that temporary folder.

Note there's one annoying glitch with the MSI installer. A message box which does not have an accompanying icon in the taskbar will display the results of the last command. If you leave this message box open, further runs of commands with the .exe file will not do anything. You will have to find the message box and close it. And if you minimize all the windows with the Desktop Peek tool you may not be able to find it to close it. So close it as soon as you see what it says.

Once you have the .msi file, you have to rename it to the file name in the error message:

wcvhpu.....msi

then point the error message box's browsing feature at where the msi file is located, or put the renamed msi file where the computer expects to find it.

[tvmczk]

I got stuck on step 4. I put the exe file into cmd and a path appeared, I wrote the command behind it, but I got an error in the attachment

[scottgus1]

It appears that the "--path" in your command isn't followed by the temporary folder path:

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....VirtualBox-[versionnumber]-Win.exe --extract --path C:\VBOXMSI

See step 5.

[tvmczk]

Thank you very much for such quick and effective help. All the best!

[kris_chf]

I have similar issue, however I'm not able to find out which version of the virtual box I had before. I was installing the win11 and after this updating the virtual box. As I didn't like the win11 I got back to win10 and then the problem occured.

I was trying to download all the possible version 7 and replace the name of the msi files with those but not luck. Is there any way to find out what version did I have installed before?

I have tried so many things and loosing a hope to get this one fixed.

Any help will be greatly appreciated