24H2, VirtualBox 7.1.4, Guest OS Callee RC: E_INVALIDARG (0x80070057) Solution I found

Nipdawg said:

Note - mostly documenting this for my reference and others if needed.

I run VirtualBox 7.1.4 r164945 (Qt6.5.3) in Windows 11 Pro x64 (Host OS), the same setup on several computers.

Guest OSes: Linux Mint / Windows 10 Pro / Windows 11 Pro.

Among these Windows computers (Host OS), I copy the "\VirtualBox VMs\<Guest_OS>" to the other computers. I have been doing this for years without a problem. Save tremendous time with setup and configurations.

Now when I copy a Guest OS ("\VirtualBox VMs\<Guest_OS>") from one computer to another, I now keep receiving the following error message:

Code:

Failed to open virtual machine located in C:/<Guest_OS_Path>/Linux Mint/Linux Mint.vbox.

Callee RC:
E_INVALIDARG (0x80070057)

Here are the files in the Linux Mint (Guest OS) folder:
-----
C:\<Guest_OS_Path>\VirtualBox VMs\Linux Mint
\Logs\*
\Linux Mint.nvram
\Linux Mint.vbox
\Linux Mint.vbox-prev
\Linux Mint.vdi
-----

I found in this article that if you keep rebuilding a new Guest OS entry, then manually add the *.VDI file, you can get the Guest OS to run again. I have been doing this a lot lately and wanting a quick solution to keep these Guest OSes running.

Reference: [Solved] E_INVALIDARG 0x80070057

Through trial-and-error after finding no real solutions via Google searches, I found that editing the guest OS *.vbox file can correct this error:

For instance, I edited the \VirtualBox VMs\Linux Mint.vbox file with removing the Image uuid tag within DVDImages:

From this:

Code:

      <HardDisks>
        <HardDisk uuid="{fed30fbc-6449-4642-a501-b6a57d620a6e}" location="Linux Mint.vdi" format="VDI" type="Normal"/>
      </HardDisks>
      <DVDImages>
        <Image uuid="{40f2d25c-adac-4a91-8cb6-c89a0c485850}" location="C:/Program Files/Oracle/VirtualBox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso"/>
      </DVDImages>

to this:

Code:

      <HardDisks>
        <HardDisk uuid="{fed30fbc-6449-4642-a501-b6a57d620a6e}" location="Linux Mint.vdi" format="VDI" type="Normal"/>
      </HardDisks>
      <DVDImages>
      </DVDImages>

This allows me to add the Guest OS in to VirtualBox and run it without any errors.

There may be other ways to correcting this error, I just found this method to solve the error for my Guest OSes in VirtualBox.

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pipoptimist said:

Thank you for this post.
Having gone over to the dark side (Linux Manjaro, KDE Plasma) I run Win 11 in VirtualBox for the odd thing I can't do in Linux.
I also run Kubuntu and try out other distributions quite regularly. Just for the hell of it, really - all on separate SSDs, swapping them out. Thirty second job.
Like you, I install the VMs on a separate drive, so after swapping out OS SSDs they should work - but recently stopped working without fresh installs of the guest OS.
Anyhow, yesterday I decided to scour the web for a solution to the error message again, and up popped your post.
Sorted within 5 mins and Win11 VM running perfectly again.
I noted that the 'DVD Images text' in the file pointed to the old location for the Win11 installation iso which had been moved when I re-arranged my back up drive folders.
Once again, thanks

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