Cannot start VirtualBox on Windows 10 - (Failed to acquire the VirtualBox COM object)
Greetings to the community, I recently tried to open my VirtualBox (windows 10 host OS) after approximately 3-4 months (when everything was perfect). Unfortunately, now the VirtualBox is unable to get started and I'm getting the following error message
Failed to acquire the VirtualBox COM object.
The application will now terminate.
Completely failed to instantiate CLSID_VirtualBox: ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND 0x80070002.
Result Code:
ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND 0x80070002 (0x80070002)
Component:
VirtualBoxClientWrap
Interface:
IVirtualBoxClient {d2937a8e-cb8d-4382-90ba-b7da78a74573}
What I have tried so far is:
Uninstall the virtualbox installation
Re-install
Reboot
(failed)
I have searched on the web for a solution but did not find anything really enlightening. Maybe this was caused due to a corrupted file on my system? Could you please provide an alternative workaround? I just do not want to lose my existing VMs.
Thanks in advance :)
PS: I don't know if this is related, but I have previously used Vagrant on my system, I mention that because it would not come to me as a surprise if the Vagrant corrupted something related to the VirtualBox.
windows-10 virtualbox virtual-machine vagrant
edited Dec 5 at 20:54
Biswapriyo
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asked Dec 5 at 12:42
NickAth
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Greetings to the community, I recently tried to open my VirtualBox (windows 10 host OS) after approximately 3-4 months (when everything was perfect). Unfortunately, now the VirtualBox is unable to get started and I'm getting the following error message
Failed to acquire the VirtualBox COM object.
The application will now terminate.
Completely failed to instantiate CLSID_VirtualBox: ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND 0x80070002.
Result Code:
ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND 0x80070002 (0x80070002)
Component:
VirtualBoxClientWrap
Interface:
IVirtualBoxClient {d2937a8e-cb8d-4382-90ba-b7da78a74573}
What I have tried so far is:
Uninstall the virtualbox installation
Re-install
Reboot
(failed)
I have searched on the web for a solution but did not find anything really enlightening. Maybe this was caused due to a corrupted file on my system? Could you please provide an alternative workaround? I just do not want to lose my existing VMs.
Thanks in advance :)
PS: I don't know if this is related, but I have previously used Vagrant on my system, I mention that because it would not come to me as a surprise if the Vagrant corrupted something related to the VirtualBox.
windows-10 virtualbox virtual-machine vagrant
edited Dec 5 at 20:54
Biswapriyo
2,61231140
asked Dec 5 at 12:42
NickAth
1012
Generally, reinstallation solved this same issue in my case. Did you see any error code during installation? Did you delete any file from the installation folder?
– Biswapriyo
Dec 5 at 20:48
@Biswapriyo thanks for your reply, no I did not see any error during the installation neither I deleted any file from the installation folder, maybe is a corrupted in the registry file?
– NickAth
Dec 5 at 22:16
Run these two commands as administrator: 1.reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{D2937A8E-CB8D-4382-90BA-B7DA78A74573}ProxyStubClsid32" /VE2.reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}InProcServer32" /VE. Replay with what did you see?
– Biswapriyo
Dec 6 at 14:35
@Biswapriyo Reply from command 1)reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{D2937A8E-CB8D-4382-90BA-B7DA78A74573}ProxyStubClsid32" /VE HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{D2937A8E-CB8D-4382-90BA-B7DA78A74573}ProxyStubClsid32 (Default) REG_SZ {0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}Reply from command 2)reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}InProcServer32" /VE HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}InProcServer32 (Default) REG_SZ C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBoxVBoxProxyStub.dll
– NickAth
Dec 6 at 14:57
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Greetings to the community, I recently tried to open my VirtualBox (windows 10 host OS) after approximately 3-4 months (when everything was perfect). Unfortunately, now the VirtualBox is unable to get started and I'm getting the following error message
Failed to acquire the VirtualBox COM object.
The application will now terminate.
Completely failed to instantiate CLSID_VirtualBox: ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND 0x80070002.
Result Code:
ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND 0x80070002 (0x80070002)
Component:
VirtualBoxClientWrap
Interface:
IVirtualBoxClient {d2937a8e-cb8d-4382-90ba-b7da78a74573}
What I have tried so far is:
Uninstall the virtualbox installation
Re-install
Reboot
(failed)
I have searched on the web for a solution but did not find anything really enlightening. Maybe this was caused due to a corrupted file on my system? Could you please provide an alternative workaround? I just do not want to lose my existing VMs.
Thanks in advance :)
PS: I don't know if this is related, but I have previously used Vagrant on my system, I mention that because it would not come to me as a surprise if the Vagrant corrupted something related to the VirtualBox.
windows-10 virtualbox virtual-machine vagrant
edited Dec 5 at 20:54
Biswapriyo
2,61231140
asked Dec 5 at 12:42
NickAth
1012
Greetings to the community, I recently tried to open my VirtualBox (windows 10 host OS) after approximately 3-4 months (when everything was perfect). Unfortunately, now the VirtualBox is unable to get started and I'm getting the following error message
Failed to acquire the VirtualBox COM object.
The application will now terminate.
Completely failed to instantiate CLSID_VirtualBox: ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND 0x80070002.
Result Code:
ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND 0x80070002 (0x80070002)
Component:
VirtualBoxClientWrap
Interface:
IVirtualBoxClient {d2937a8e-cb8d-4382-90ba-b7da78a74573}
What I have tried so far is:
Uninstall the virtualbox installation
Re-install
Reboot
(failed)
I have searched on the web for a solution but did not find anything really enlightening. Maybe this was caused due to a corrupted file on my system? Could you please provide an alternative workaround? I just do not want to lose my existing VMs.
Thanks in advance :)
PS: I don't know if this is related, but I have previously used Vagrant on my system, I mention that because it would not come to me as a surprise if the Vagrant corrupted something related to the VirtualBox.
windows-10 virtualbox virtual-machine vagrant
windows-10 virtualbox virtual-machine vagrant
edited Dec 5 at 20:54
Biswapriyo
2,61231140
asked Dec 5 at 12:42
NickAth
1012
edited Dec 5 at 20:54
Biswapriyo
2,61231140
asked Dec 5 at 12:42
NickAth
1012
edited Dec 5 at 20:54
Biswapriyo
2,61231140
edited Dec 5 at 20:54
Biswapriyo
2,61231140
edited Dec 5 at 20:54
Biswapriyo
2,61231140
2,61231140
asked Dec 5 at 12:42
NickAth
1012
asked Dec 5 at 12:42
NickAth
1012
asked Dec 5 at 12:42
NickAth
1012
1012
Generally, reinstallation solved this same issue in my case. Did you see any error code during installation? Did you delete any file from the installation folder?
– Biswapriyo
Dec 5 at 20:48
@Biswapriyo thanks for your reply, no I did not see any error during the installation neither I deleted any file from the installation folder, maybe is a corrupted in the registry file?
– NickAth
Dec 5 at 22:16
Run these two commands as administrator: 1.reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{D2937A8E-CB8D-4382-90BA-B7DA78A74573}ProxyStubClsid32" /VE2.reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}InProcServer32" /VE. Replay with what did you see?
– Biswapriyo
Dec 6 at 14:35
@Biswapriyo Reply from command 1)reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{D2937A8E-CB8D-4382-90BA-B7DA78A74573}ProxyStubClsid32" /VE HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{D2937A8E-CB8D-4382-90BA-B7DA78A74573}ProxyStubClsid32 (Default) REG_SZ {0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}Reply from command 2)reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}InProcServer32" /VE HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}InProcServer32 (Default) REG_SZ C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBoxVBoxProxyStub.dll
– NickAth
Dec 6 at 14:57
add a comment |
Generally, reinstallation solved this same issue in my case. Did you see any error code during installation? Did you delete any file from the installation folder?
– Biswapriyo
Dec 5 at 20:48
@Biswapriyo thanks for your reply, no I did not see any error during the installation neither I deleted any file from the installation folder, maybe is a corrupted in the registry file?
– NickAth
Dec 5 at 22:16
Run these two commands as administrator: 1.reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{D2937A8E-CB8D-4382-90BA-B7DA78A74573}ProxyStubClsid32" /VE2.reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}InProcServer32" /VE. Replay with what did you see?
– Biswapriyo
Dec 6 at 14:35
@Biswapriyo Reply from command 1)reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{D2937A8E-CB8D-4382-90BA-B7DA78A74573}ProxyStubClsid32" /VE HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{D2937A8E-CB8D-4382-90BA-B7DA78A74573}ProxyStubClsid32 (Default) REG_SZ {0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}Reply from command 2)reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}InProcServer32" /VE HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}InProcServer32 (Default) REG_SZ C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBoxVBoxProxyStub.dll
– NickAth
Dec 6 at 14:57
Generally, reinstallation solved this same issue in my case. Did you see any error code during installation? Did you delete any file from the installation folder?
– Biswapriyo
Dec 5 at 20:48
Generally, reinstallation solved this same issue in my case. Did you see any error code during installation? Did you delete any file from the installation folder?
– Biswapriyo
Dec 5 at 20:48
@Biswapriyo thanks for your reply, no I did not see any error during the installation neither I deleted any file from the installation folder, maybe is a corrupted in the registry file?
– NickAth
Dec 5 at 22:16
@Biswapriyo thanks for your reply, no I did not see any error during the installation neither I deleted any file from the installation folder, maybe is a corrupted in the registry file?
– NickAth
Dec 5 at 22:16
Run these two commands as administrator: 1.
reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{D2937A8E-CB8D-4382-90BA-B7DA78A74573}ProxyStubClsid32" /VE 2. reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}InProcServer32" /VE. Replay with what did you see?– Biswapriyo
Dec 6 at 14:35
Run these two commands as administrator: 1.
reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{D2937A8E-CB8D-4382-90BA-B7DA78A74573}ProxyStubClsid32" /VE 2. reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}InProcServer32" /VE. Replay with what did you see?– Biswapriyo
Dec 6 at 14:35
@Biswapriyo Reply from command 1)
reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{D2937A8E-CB8D-4382-90BA-B7DA78A74573}ProxyStubClsid32" /VE HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{D2937A8E-CB8D-4382-90BA-B7DA78A74573}ProxyStubClsid32 (Default) REG_SZ {0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF} Reply from command 2) reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}InProcServer32" /VE HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}InProcServer32 (Default) REG_SZ C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBoxVBoxProxyStub.dll– NickAth
Dec 6 at 14:57
@Biswapriyo Reply from command 1)
reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{D2937A8E-CB8D-4382-90BA-B7DA78A74573}ProxyStubClsid32" /VE HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{D2937A8E-CB8D-4382-90BA-B7DA78A74573}ProxyStubClsid32 (Default) REG_SZ {0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF} Reply from command 2) reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}InProcServer32" /VE HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}InProcServer32 (Default) REG_SZ C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBoxVBoxProxyStub.dll– NickAth
Dec 6 at 14:57
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Generally, reinstallation solved this same issue in my case. Did you see any error code during installation? Did you delete any file from the installation folder?
– Biswapriyo
Dec 5 at 20:48
@Biswapriyo thanks for your reply, no I did not see any error during the installation neither I deleted any file from the installation folder, maybe is a corrupted in the registry file?
– NickAth
Dec 5 at 22:16
Run these two commands as administrator: 1.
reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{D2937A8E-CB8D-4382-90BA-B7DA78A74573}ProxyStubClsid32" /VE2.reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}InProcServer32" /VE. Replay with what did you see?– Biswapriyo
Dec 6 at 14:35
@Biswapriyo Reply from command 1)
reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{D2937A8E-CB8D-4382-90BA-B7DA78A74573}ProxyStubClsid32" /VE HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{D2937A8E-CB8D-4382-90BA-B7DA78A74573}ProxyStubClsid32 (Default) REG_SZ {0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}Reply from command 2)reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}InProcServer32" /VE HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{0BB3B78C-1807-4249-5BA5-EA42D66AF0BF}InProcServer32 (Default) REG_SZ C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBoxVBoxProxyStub.dll– NickAth
Dec 6 at 14:57