Oracle VirtualBox is a very powerful virtualization software that allows you to run multiple operating systems at the same time.
However, some users reported issues when trying to download Oracle VirtualBox for Windows 10, so in this article, we’re going to show you how to fix it.
- Installing Oracle VirtualBox on Windows 10 is quite easy and will allow you to run multiple operating systems on your PC.
- The Oracle VirtualBox installation on Windows 10 can be done through the Software Center.
- It only takes a few clicks, and the installation will complete successfully.
Reset Oracle VirtualBox
- Go to Oracle VirtualBox preferences.
- Click the System button.
- Make sure that Display 2 is set to the first screen.
- Select the Hardware tab.
- Select the Display drop-down list, select 1024 x 768.
- Press the OK button.
Completely uninstall VirtualBox and reinstall it
- Open Run by pressing the Windows key + R hotkey.
- Enter appwiz.cpl in Run and click OK to open Control Panel.
- Select the Oracle VirtualBox entry and press the Uninstall button.
- Press the OK option to confirm.
- Then press the Yes option to confirm.
- Open the Downloads folder, and press the Download button.
- Press the Run button when prompted to open the downloaded file.
- Press the Accept button in the license screen.
- Press the Next button, and click the Install button.
- Press the Finish button, and restart Windows after installation is complete.
Upgrade Oracle VirtualBox
- Download and run the VirtualBox 5.2.8 setup.
- In the VirtualBox 5.2.8 setup window, select the Download Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack checkbox.
- Click the Next button.
- Click the Accept button.
- Select the Install button.
- Click the Finish button.
Open Windows Explorer as Administrator
- To do that, simply press the Windows key + E hotkey.
- Then click This PC in the navigation pane on the left of the window.
- Right-click Windows 10 in the final line of that navigation pane.
- Then select the Properties option.
- Click Advanced system settings to open the window in the snapshot directly below.
- Select the Environment Variables option on the Advanced tab that opens.
- Click New to open the window in the snapshot directly below.
- Enter JAVA_HOME in the Variable name text box.
- Select the System variable radio button.
- Press the OK button.
- Then open a browser.
- Enter oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/ in the address bar.
- Click Java SE 8, Enterprise Edition (32-bit) in the search results for that page.
- Click the Download button on that page.
- Download the file to your desktop.
- Open the downloaded file.
- Click I accept the terms of the license agreement.
- Click Next.
- Click the Install button.
- Then click the Finish button.