I can't start virtual machines on my VirtualBox in Windows 7 Starter

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This was a fresh installation of the software and VirtualBox gives me this error message after starting a virtual machine I created:

Failed to open a session for the virtual machine PinkiePie.

The virtual machine 'PinkiePie' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1). More details may be available in 'C:\Users\Kobe\VirtualBox VMs\PinkiePie\Logs\VBoxHardening.log'.

Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: MachineWrap
Interface: IMachine {f30138d4-e5ea-4b3a-8858-a059de4c93fd}

I tried uninstalling it, installed older builds of it, downloaded certain dlls some forums suggested but to no avail.

windows-7
virtualbox
virtual-machine
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asked on Super User Mar 24, 2016 by Kobe Dabatian • edited Mar 24, 2016 by DavidPostill

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In your VM's folder, look for 'VM_NAME.vbox-prev' file, make a copy, and rename the copy to "VM_NAME.vbox"

answered on Super User Mar 24, 2016 by SΛLVΘ
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Try freeing up memory by closing some applications, it worked for me without the need to stop anti-virus software or run VirtualBox as Administrator.

answered on Super User Sep 8, 2016 by golimar
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Try reinstalling or updating VirtualBox - I saw the following towards the end of VBoxHardening.log

supR3HardenedMonitor_LdrLoadDll: returns rcNt=0xc0000190 'C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.dll'

Looks like VirtualBox.dll corrupted possibly?

answered on Super User Dec 5, 2017 by tschumann
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Windows 7 Starter Edition: it only runs three applications at once

You could be running into this limit. The Start Edition has some other pretty strict limitations on it.

answered on Super User Dec 16, 2017 by cybernard

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