Failed to create the VIrtualBox COM object TYPE_E_LIBNOTREGISTERED (0x8002801D)

[pawels]

I've just installed VirtualBox 4.0.4 on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. When I run it I got following error message:

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Failed to create the VirtualBox COM object. The applicatiion will now terminate.

Callee RC: TYPE_E_LIBNOTREGISTERED (0x8002801D)

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When I try to use VBoxManage error message is more accurate:

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c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage.exe showvminfo VBoxManage.exe: error: Failed to create the VirtualBox object! VBoxManage.exe: error: Code TYPE_E_LIBNOTREGISTERED (0x8002801D) - Library not registered. (extended info not available) VBoxManage.exe: error: Most likely, the VirtualBox COM server is not running or failed to start.

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It would be great if you could help resolve this issue. If you need more information please let me now.

Thanks in advance. Pawel

[pawels]

I've tried to install previous releases of VirtualBox but the problem is the same.

[pawels]

Using ProcessMonitor (SysInternals) I found entries with Result=ACCESS DENIED which pointed me exact registry key, which has no owner: *HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{46137EEC-703B-4FE5-AFD4-7C9BBBBA0259}

When I fix the missing permission all is working fine.

I don't understand why I had missing persmissions. I made installation as administrator and I run VirtualBox also as administrator

[edavies]

I got the same error message after updating to the latest version of VirtualBox (4.1.4-74291). I use Windows 7 64-bit. How do I correct the permissions on that registry key? When I run regedit as an administrator, click on the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{46137EEC-703B-4FE5-AFD4-7C9BBBBA0259}, and shows me an access denied error. Any suggestions to correct the error?