VirtualBox Windows 10 64 Bit Host - The VM session was aborted - virtualbox

I'm trying to make a Win 7 64 bit guest machine. When it's time to load the ISO, I try to load it and I get the following error
The VM session was aborted.
Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: SessionMachine
Interface: ISession {7844aa05-b02e-4cdd-a04f-ade4a762e6b7}
What's a fix for this? Thank you.

I have the same issue, and hopefully there will be a bug-fix for it soon.
In the meantime, I have managed to start the install process (in my case for Linux mint 17.2 rather than windows) by attaching the .iso image in the VirtualBox IDE Storage Settings page rather than the "mount" dialog that causes the error.
Open the settings for your VM in the VirtualBox UI, go to Storage, click on the "empty" entry in the list of IDE Controllers, and select the disk icon over to the right of the screen. Finally, select to "Choose Virtual Optical Disk File", and select your .iso of choice. Then start the VM and it should boot just fine.
I hope it helps for your case too!

update the extension pack was my solution

Maybe it will help.
I turned off sound card , and at virtual machine I had "audio" controller turned on.
When I turned off audio controler virtual machine start normaly.
BR Simon

Backed up the last saved snapshot from C:\Users\\VirtualBox VMs\Ubuntu\Snapshots
Go to Machine> Ignore last saved state.
Restart VM.
This worked.
This issue most likely happened for me because my Windows 10 randomly restarted a couple of time, with BSOD.
Error code
Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: SessionMachine
Interface: ISession {7844aa05-b02e-4cdd-a04f-ade4a762e6b7}

Menu -> Machine -> Reset all warnings
worked for me

Menu -> Machine -> Discard Saved State...
This worked.

start your virtual machine
start ubuntu
open settings in ubuntu and go to display
set resolution to 16:9
and you are done

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Cannot resume saved Virtualbox state

I get the following error after upgrading via Migration Assistant my laptop from a 2-core to a 4-core processor:
cpum#1: X86_CPUID_FEATURE_ECX_MOVBE is not supported by the host but
has already exposed to the guest [ver=17 pass=final]
(VERR_SSM_LOAD_CPUID_MISMATCH).
How can i resolve the same?
The solution may be as simple as clicking the big yellow "Discard" button, which will delete the saved state (same as pulling the power cord).
Reference: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=19351
For people working via a terminal.
The accepted answer correctly mentions to discard the current state of the VM. This basically means pull the power cord, so that the next time you start it, the machine reboots.
You can do this using
VBoxManage discardstate "your machine's name"
Click on the name of the virtual machine, right click on the menu and discard saved status
The Discard button worked for me. Thanks #Justin!
I've been chasing this exact error message off and on for months (fortunately my VM is not part of my daily work). The whole time I thought that it was an issue of being on a new CPU (based on CPUID_MISMATCH) so I was looking at how to move a VM from one CPU to another and how to change the expected CPUID. But everything I found in that searching required that you save and shut down properly on the original CPU, which I no longer have.
Simply "Discard"-ing the "Current State (changed)" version worked for me on all of my saved machines.
Whoda thunk that the fix for a virtual Windows machine was a hard reboot? Not like that works for hardware-based Windows boxes, right? ;-) I guess that's why they call rebooting "the Windows Panacea".
Thanks again.

VirtualBox Fullscreen Host OS Toolbar still visible

Im trying very hard to like virtualbox, but so far I find it so much worse than vmplayer in so many ways. If it wouldnt take me hours to install everything back into vmplayer i would have moved back days ago
When I open my ubuntu vm my host OS's (windows 10) toolbar is still visible at the bottom of the screen, cutting off the actual virtualbox toolbar
Please help me
(edit) It is in fullscreen mode already, it just still shows the toolbar/taskbar from the host OS
Open Task Manager of Windows 10, Select "Windows Explorer" and Restart.
Reference Link
I had this same issue. The Windows 10 taskbar was still showing when I had VirtualBox in fullscreen mode, and what caused it for me was I had a program called Rufus (for creating bootable USBs) open and it was keeping the taskbar from hiding. Once I closed Rufus, everything worked as it should. So, maybe you had a program keeping focus on the taskbar, something that needed attention, and wouldn't let the taskbar hide.
I ran into the problem once. Not sure what had caused the that but I managed to find a solution by enabling "task bar" hiding option in host windows 10 machine.
Right Click on Task Bar -> Task Bar Setting -> Enable Task Bar hiding Option.
You are able to switch to fullscreen mode on the VM, this should hide the Host OS.
This image shows you where you can find the option:
If this is not what you are looking for, please elaborate on your problem, maybe add a screenshot showing the problem you are having.
I just experienced this exact problem, namely Windows 10 host taskbar would not go away despite the guest being in full screen. Even though this question is old, since this question got the top google page rank, I thought I would share how I fixed it.
I fixed it by shutting down Virtualbox and then rebooting the Windows 10 host. It is possible as others have pointed out that some app was keeping the taskbar active, but I couldn't find any such app. If it was some rogue app that was just running as a process (with no taskbar presence), the reboot nuked it from orbit and fixed the problem.
After installation virtualbox tools You can press
host + F (in my case Ctrl + F)
buttons to run fullscreen in virtualbox.

VT-x and 32 bit restrictions in VBox

I am having a problem in Virtual Box. I can only create 32 bit VM's, I am running windows 10-64 bit so this should NOT be happening. And also whenever I run a new VM I get this.
Failed to open a session for the virtual machine kali.
VT-x is disabled in the BIOS for all CPU modes
(VERR_VMX_MSR_ALL_VMX_DISABLED).
Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005) Component: ConsoleWrap Interface:
IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}
But I know for a fact that I have Intel VT-d/x enabled. Any suggestions are helpful.
This error arises due to virtualisation is disabled by your operating system. So:
Go into the BIOS setup (by repeatedly pressing F10 or F2 or F9 depends upon your motherboard while your system is booting)
Click the Advance option.
Find virtualisation in the list.
Make sure it's enabled .
To save the changes you have done press F10.
Now probably you will not encounter the same problem in virtual box when you run it.

virtual machines virtualbox disappear

Today I opened my VB and discovered that all of my seven VM have disappeared.
I tried to import one old VM but I saw that error message:
Could not create the imported medium 'C:\Users\michele\VirtualBox VMs\Magento Ultimo\Magento Ultimo-disk1_2.vmdk'.
VMDK: could not create new file 'C:\Users\michele\VirtualBox VMs\Magento Ultimo/Magento Ultimo-disk1_2.vmdk' (VERR_ALREADY_EXISTS).
Result Code:
VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80BB0004)
Component:
ApplianceWrap
Interface:
IAppliance {8398f026-4add-4474-5bc3-2f9f2140b23e}
I am using Windows 10 64 bit .... may someone help me?
Thanks.
PS: I am not an IT expert so I don't know how to solve it...
Ok solved... Inside the UI of VirtualBox i clicked Machines>add .... however it's very strange that they disappeared.
launch Oracle Virtualbox as admin and you will see all created VM's. Hope this helps.
I know that the case is resolved, but I want to add why it occurs. It happens when you install Virtual Box and machines as admin, and later run VB as normal user (or just different user). The program by default looks for machines in the given user folder.

Marmalade SDK Simulator error: Couldn't initialize Direct Draw

I have been working with marmalade for some weeks. But since today my simulator is not working anymore. I always get "error: Couldn't initialize Direct Draw" when i launch the simulator.
I tried uninstalling marmalade and restarting pc but nothing is helping.
Anyone has an idea what this can be, or things I can try?
Error message can be seen:
PC specs if this might help:
- Acer Aspire notebook
- Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64bit
- Intel i5 2410M
- 6GB RAM
- AMD HD 6650M 1GB
For anyone who may come across this, the same thing happened to me just yesterday. I started getting the "Couldn't initialize Direct Draw" on startup after having made a few changes under Preferences -> Display.
I fixed it by going to C:\Users\{user}\AppData\Roaming\Marmalade\ and deleting (or renaming) the preferences.icf file. This isn't removed after an uninstall, so if you find yourself in this situation, this seems to be the only way to reset everything.
Good luck!
A couple of things to try.
First, try running your program from inside Visual C++ by pressing and holding F5. This will cause the simulator to start but won't start executing your program, which might then give you a chance to change the settings in the simulator.
Failing that, if you look in the data directory you should find a file called development.icf which is the current simulator settings. Try deleting this and running again which will cause the simulator to revert to its default settings.