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Hi Kari,
Is it a permissions problem by any chance? Are you installing as administrator? \AppData is usually a hidden folder.
What about anti-virus or something similar not allowing Vbox access to AppData?
Regards,
Golden
Strange that it should be trying to create AppData. That folder should already exist.
Also I can't find any Vbox entries in my AppData folder. I have the latest version installed.
I also find it strange it's trying to create something on appdata. However it is, I am currently unable to install VirtualBox.
Kari
It actually creates a .VirtualBox folder on AppData but it shouldn't be creating AppData itself. Have you moved your user folder from its default location.
Hi there
VMware had some probs also in running the latest release -- there were 2 get arounds 1) run as administrator and 2) finally your user had to be added to a special group called _--vmware__ 2 underscores each sinde of the VMware text. This fixed the problem fror VMware so it didn't need admin and ran fine.
I don't know if VBOX needs some sort of fiddling also to work -- I don't know if when installing you can customize the directories (it shouldn't be a problem for the VM's themselves).
Another good source of info is to look on the Linuxquestions.org forum for any problems with installing VBOX too -- although Linux it will show if there are similar problems with VBOX and guide you to some links with possible solutions.
cheers
jimboi