I just installed virtualbox on a HP lapto with windows 11 home. It worked fine initially, and now I get this error message when I try to open it. I have run the installation to repair/remove without success. TIA
Failed to acquire the VirtualBox COM object.
The application will now terminate.
Error in C:\Users\jward\.VirtualBox\VirtualBox.xml (line 24) -- UUID "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}" has zero format.
D:\tinderboxa\win-7.0\src\VBox\Main\src-server\VirtualBoxImpl.cpp[830] (long __cdecl VirtualBox::init(void)).
Result Code:E_FAIL (0X80004005)
Component:VirtualBoxWrap
Interface:IVirtualBox {7682d5eb-f00e-44f1-8ca2-99d08b1cd607}
Callee:IVirtualBoxClient {d2937a8e-cb8d-4382-90ba-b7da78a74573}