Windows 10 update needs me to manually uninstall VirtualBox

Hello everyone. I am new to this forum. I hope someone can help me with this issue.

In the past few weeks I got notices from Windows 10 Update that asked me to manually uninstall VirtualBox because that app was not compatible with Windows 10. I suppose it is preventing updates from being installed.

I tried to uninstall VirtualBox. I opened the control panel--> Programs and Features. But there was no VirtualBox in the list. I opened the Task Manager. There was no VirtualBox there either. Why does Windows 10 Update keep sending me that message when there is no VirtualBox in my PC? What should I do?

I would like to thank in advance whoever that can help me with this issue.
I don't know if I would get a notice to my email box when someone offers the help.

Jaynewton

Jaynewton said:

Hello everyone. I am new to this forum. I hope someone can help me with this issue.

In the past few weeks I got notices from Windows 10 Update that asked me to manually uninstall VirtualBox because that app was not compatible with Windows 10. I suppose it is preventing updates from being installed.

I tried to uninstall VirtualBox. I opened the control panel--> Programs and Features. But there was no VirtualBox in the list. I opened the Task Manager. There was no VirtualBox there either. Why does Windows 10 Update keep sending me that message when there is no VirtualBox in my PC? What should I do?

I would like to thank in advance whoever that can help me with this issue.
I don't know if I would get a notice to my email box when someone offers the help.

Jaynewton

Hello Jaynewton and welcome to TF ,

Try this: Complete uninstall Virtualbox - Super User and let me know if it fixes the issue.

Hi, Thank you for trying to help. I opened the link you sent and reached StackExchange. The instruction started by saying "After you uninstall VirtualBox from Control Panel"

The problem I have is that this app "Virtualbox" is not found in my control panel or anywhere else.

jaynewton

Jaynewton said:

Hi, Thank you for trying to help. I opened the link you sent and reached StackExchange. The instruction started by saying "After you uninstall VirtualBox from Control Panel"

The problem I have is that this app "Virtualbox" is not found in my control panel or anywhere else.

jaynewton

windows 10 - How to uninstall Virtualbox on windows10? - Super User

Try
"Download the installer from the VirtualBox website, run the installer, when presented with an option to install/repair/remove the current installation select remove – Ramhound Jul 8 '17 at 14:58"

Hi there.

I too had recently ran in to this problem and tried a few recommended possible solutions and it all just got a bit confusing.

I decided to just do a fresh start on the laptop after backing up my data. Now it seems to be downloading/installing.