Error during VirtualBox Extension Pack installation

[Miguel Santos]

When I try to install and error message appears "Failed to install the extension pack. The installer failed with exit code 128"

Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005) Component: ExtPackManager Interface: IExtPackManager {2451b1ba-ab1c-42fb-b453-c58433bea8c7} Callee: IExtPackFile {b6b49f55-efcc-4f08-b486-56e8d8afb10b}

[Miguel Santos]

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[Miguel Santos]

Vbox log

[Miguel Santos]

Forgot to mention it: my host operating system is Windows XP x64 edition and my CPU is Intel Pentium E6500

[BBA]

This is due to the dependencies on Microsoft Visual 2005 C++ Redistributable. The Vbox installer really should install this as a side-by-side assembly instead of dropping the dll´s in the $vbox_install_dir.

There are two workarounds: 1) install the Microsoft Visual 2005 C++ Redistributable prior to the VirtualBox Extension Pack installation, or 2) install the Extension Pack manually.

2) can be done as follows: open the Extension Pack download with e.g., 7-zip and extract the contents to:

$vbox_install_dir/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack

Copy Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest, msvcp80.dll and msvcr80.dll from $install_dir to the win.amd64 folder of the extension pack install. That is, to:

$vbox_install_dir/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack/win.amd64

[Miguel Santos]

It Worked, thank very very much.

[Miguel Santos]

I installed the Extension Pack manually and it worked.

The 1st workaround "stall the Microsoft Visual 2005 C++ Redistributable prior to the VirtualBox Extension Pack installation" didn't work