What is ‘Virtualbox failed to attach USB Device’ error in Windows 10?
If you are experiencing ‘Virtualbox failed to attach USB Device to Virtual Machine’ or ‘Virtualbox failed to attach USB Device’ error while trying to access USB devices from Virtualbox Device menu, then you are in right place for the solution. Here, you will be guided with easy steps/methods to resolve the error. Let’s starts the discussion.
‘VirtualBox’: Ocacle VM VirtualBox (formerly Sun VirtualBox) is free and open-source hosted hypervisor for x86virtualization designed & developed by Oracle Corporation. VirtualBox can be installed on Microsoft Windows OS, MacOS, Linux, Solaries, and OpenSolaris. There are also port to FreeBSD and Genode. It supports creation and management of guest virtual machines on Windows, Linux, BSD, OS/2, Solairs, Haiku and OSx86.
However, several users reported that they faced ‘Virtualbox failed to attach USB Device to Virtual Machine’ or ‘Virtualbox failed to attach USB Device’ error while they tried to access USB devices from the Virtualbox device menu. This error is appeared with message saying ‘Failed to attach USB device. Unknown Device to virtual machine VB2-W764’. If you are not aware, Virtualbox offers you to link to a USB device to virtual devices so the guest system identifies and utilize the USB drive.
Sometimes, this issue is occurred due to some temporary glitch in your Windows 10 computer. You can fix the issue just by restarting your computer and check if the error is resolved. Also, this issue can be occurred if VirtualBox Extension Jack and Guest Additions are not installed in your computer or on the guest systems for optimising the system performance.
Another possible reason behind ‘Virtualbox failed to attach USB Device’ error can be issue with VirtualBox USB drivers. In such case, you can try reinstall the drivers in order to fix the issue. It is possible to resolve this error with our instructions. Let’s go for the solution.
How to fix Virtualbox failed to attach USB Device to Virtual Machine in Windows 10?
Method 1: Fix ‘Virtualbox failed to attach USB Device’ error in Windows 10 with ‘PC Repair Tool’
If this error is occurred due to some problems in Windows computer, then you can try to fix the issue with ‘PC Repair Tool’. This software offers you to find and fix BSOD errors, DLL errors, EXE errors, problems with programs/applications, malware or viruses issues, system files or registry issue and other system issues with just few clicks.
Method 2: Restart your Windows 10 computer
One possible way to fix the issue is to just restart your Windows computer in order to resolve any temporary glitch in computer that is causing this error. After restart, check if the error is resolved.
Method 3: Install VirtualBox Extension Pack and Guest Additions
VirtualBox Extension Pack and Guest Additions are required software for VirtualBox to function in your computer. ‘Virtualbox failed to attach USB Device’ error can be occurred if these applications were not installed. You can install these program in order to fix the issue.
Step 1: Open your browser and visit ‘VirtualBox Official site’, and download and install VirualBox Extension Pack
Step 2: Once installed, run the VitualBox and click on ‘Tools > Preferences’
Step 3: Go to ‘Extensions’ section and at the to-right corner, and click ‘Green Plus (+)’ icon, then look for extension pack for installing. Once installed, you need to enable USB Controller and adding new USB filters. To do so, follow next steps
Step 4: Open ‘VirtualBox’ and right-click on the Virtual Machine, where you want to connect the USB device and click ‘Settings’ option
Step 5: Click on ‘Ports’ and then click ‘USB’, for your USB device, enable ‘USB 1.0’, ‘USB 2.0’ or ‘USB 3.0’ controller radio option
Step 6: In right pane, click on ‘ADD’ button and choose the device that can’t be attached and hit ‘Ok’ button to save the changes and exit.
Step 7: Once done, unplug and re-plug the USB device and check if the error is resolved.
Method 4: Fix Virtualbox failed to attach USB Device to Virtual Machine using ‘Registry Editor’
Step 1: First from the host machine, unplug USB device and close VirtualBox
Step 2: Now, press ‘Windows + R’ keys on keyboard, type ‘regedit’ in the opened ‘Run’ window and hit ‘OK’ button to open ‘Registry Editor’
Step 3: Navigate to following path in left pane
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}.
Step 4: Now, in right pane, delete ‘UperFilters’ key and close ‘Registry Editor’
Step 5: Once done, restart your computer and check if the issue is resolved.
Method 5: Reinstall VirtualBox USB drivers
This issue can be occurred due to some issue with VirtualBox USB drivers. You can reinstall VirtualBox USB drivers in order to fix the issue.
Step 1: Open ‘File Explorer’ in Windows 10 and go to following path
C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\drivers\USB\filter
Step 2: Once you are in correct folder, right-click on ‘VBoxUSBMon.inf’ file and select ‘Install’
Step 3: Follow on-screen instructions to finish installation. Once done, restart your computer to see the changes and check if the error is resolved.
Conclusion
I am sure this post helped you on How to fix Virtualbox failed to attach USB Device to Virtual Machine in Windows 10 with several easy steps/methods. You can read & follow our instructions to do so. That’s all. For any suggestions or queries, please write on comment box below.
