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Pick the installation destination and click on the Yes button.

Right-click on the installer file and select the Run as administrator option from the context menu.

Click on the Downloads folder and locate the VirtualBox 7.0 installer file. Press the Win + E key to launch the File Explorer app on your system (see how to launch File Explorer for more info).

You can even restart your system for reducing issues while installing the latest version of VirtualBox.

Close the VirtualBox app if it is already running on your system.

To install VirtualBox 7.0, repeat the following steps: Now, you have all the necessary files to upgrade to VirtualBox 7.0.

Wait for both downloads to finish and close the browser.

Click on the All supported platforms option to download the extension pack file for version 7.0.4.

Scroll down and find the VirtualBox 7.0.4 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack section.

Click on the Windows Hosts option to download the installer file on your system.

Locate the VirtualBox 7.0.4 platform packages section.

Remember that it will enable support for not just flash drives but also other devices such as network adapters, hard disks, webcams, and more. You see the error because VirtualBox lacks the binary packages to offer these features.Ī simple solution is downloading the VirtualBox Extension Pack that enables the support for USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 devices. But if you try to add them in VirtualBox, you will see a " failed to attach the USB device " error.

If you check out your USB drives, most of them will be either USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 devices. On the contrary, newer versions of VMWare support USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 devices out of the box. But that only supports USB 1.0 devices which are rarely in use anymore. There is inbuilt support to add USB devices in VirtualBox. But in order to use the USB device in the Virtual Machine, you need to unmount it from the host OS and then mount it on the Virtual Machine. When you connect a USB Device to the host machine, it mounts it and allows you to use it. Why Are USB Devices Not Enabled by Default?