Critical Error Windows 7

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StuartCa
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Critical Error Windows 7

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On a standalone 64 bit Windows 7 Box I get the following error when I launch the program.I install it as Administrator and Run as the same.I've installed and reinstalled many times and downloaded fresh copies and cleaned the registruy after each uninstall.

Am I missing anything?

Failed to create the VirtualBox COM object.

The application will now terminate.

Start tag expected, '<' not found.

Location: 'C:\Users\admin/.VirtualBox\VirtualBox.xml', line 1 (0), column 1.

D:\tinderbox\win-4.3\src\VBox\Main\src-server\VirtualBoxImpl.cpp[531] (long __cdecl VirtualBox::init(void)).

Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: VirtualBox
Interface: IVirtualBox {fafa4e17-1ee2-4905-a10e-fe7c18bf5554}
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Re: Critical Error Windows 7

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You may have a corrupt VirtualBox.xml file. Check its size and if you can, rename it (VirtualBox.xml.old) so that VirtualBox can recreate it.
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Re: Critical Error Windows 7

Post by mpack »

There should also be an "xml-prev" file in the same folder, which is a earlier backup.
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Re: Critical Error Windows 7

Post by StuartCa »

Thank you. That worked perfectly.
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