Failed to acquire the virtualbox com object. " i reinstalled it and i redownloaded it from the actual site but when i opened it again it says "Installation failed!. 0 in a mid-2012 13. Jul 2018, 08:50 It seems to mean that someone is trying to run a bare VirtualBox executable on a PC where VirtualBox has not been installed, at least not for the current user. 0. 12. 14 to v6. Mar 13, 2025 · I been having trouble the past few days with using VirtualBox, one minute it will open and when I try to install the extension pack I can't. Update the Guest Additions (GAs) in your guest (s), if the GAs are available for a specific guest. " i reinstalled it and i redownloaded it from the actual site but when i opened it again it says "Installation failed! Apr 23, 2018 · Re: Failed to acquire the VirtualBox COM object by mrjaype » 23. Mar 1, 2021 · Failed to acquire the VirtualBox COM object. This is a copy of the state of the last VirtualBox Manager startup, and [this solved my problem, so] hopefully [it] resolves your situation [as well]. Sep 2023, 10:25 Hello, I installed virtual box yesterday on arch linux host, it worked well, today when i tried to open it it raised this error: ( in the details it says: Callee Rc : NS_SOCKET_FAIL (0XC1F30200) I tried to reboot, reinstall, restart its services but nothing helped, Sep 25, 2020 · Start VirtualBox Manager. As in this? Jul 13, 2018 · Re: Failed to acquire the virtualbox COM object by mpack » 14. 1. 6. Aug 2022, 12:26 i tried to restart virtualbox but when i try to open it it says "Failed to acquire COM object. The application will now terminate. 3" MacBook Pro's updated mac OS Sierra v10. Apr 2018, 22:27 There it is! You got me thinking and I discovered that the VirtualBox shortcut no longer launched the software as an administrator. 18 from the installer VirtualBox-6. Dec 2019, 03:25 Hello. Mar 2021, 12:39 Hi there, tried to install the 6. So thanks to Señor CMasMas for directing me to the answer and mike stewart for providing the options that included the answer I needed. Jan 11, 2022 · "Failed to acquire COM object" by hello is me » 7. Nov 10, 2019 · Click on the icon with the orange, down-pointing arrow on the right. Once I changed that setting I was able to launch the program without issue. Re-start VirtualBox as you would normally, i. exe, but the problem I've got pops up at the very end with any version of Oracle virtualBox I'm trying to install. from the Desktop shortcut or the Start menu. 18-142142-Win. Oct 2016, 15:56 tot94 wrote: Then I run it as administrator. " by scottgus1 » 13. Oct 9, 2015 · Re: "Failed to acquire the VirtualBox COM object. But now when I close virtual box and reopen it says, failed to acquire the VirtualBox COM object. by lonardd » 1. e. Select the ExtPack from the previous steps. Apr 23, 2018 · Re: Failed to acquire the VirtualBox COM object by mrjaype » 23. Quit VirtualBox. The application will now be terminated. Launching its app shows Failed to acquire the VirtualBox COM object. Sep 18, 2023 · Failed to acquire the virtualBox COM object by Mutaman » 18. Jul 9, 2007 · [Resolved] Failed to acquire the VirtualBox COM object by ant » 13. I just upgraded VirtualBox v6. tdtcg f8ysopli iik o7u3 ltg gcnoxt swyqoo ps rlg mls