Selected Virtual Machine is inaccessible

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Andrewm
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Selected Virtual Machine is inaccessible

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I am running VirtualBox 5.2.42 on Windows 10 (I want a 32bit version of Windows 7 and information says I can't run this on a later version) with a Windows 7 VM and a Windows XP VM.
My Windows XP VM is now saying 'Selected Virtual Machine is inaccessible', 'Cannot attach medium 'D etc. VBoxGuestAdditions.iso' 'VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE'. I have found various threads but none help - most say find the vbox file and edit it, but whilst I can find one for Windows 7, I cannot find one for Windows XP. XP appears to be VirtualXP.VHD. I have removed VBoxGuestAdditions.iso in Virtual Media Manager/Optical Discs but this has made no difference - it keeps returning!
Where do I go now?
Andrewm
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Re: Selected Virtual Machine is inaccessible

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Now found Windows_XP.vbox and deleted <DVDImages> and all seems to work again but do I need to get <DVDImages> back? If so, how?
mpack
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Re: Selected Virtual Machine is inaccessible

Post by mpack »

<DVDImages> is just a recent files list.
Andrewm
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Re: Selected Virtual Machine is inaccessible

Post by Andrewm »

Thank you - I'll ignore it then.
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