Windows – Why is VirtualBox only showing 32-bit

64-bitvirtual machinevirtualboxwindows 10

My system runs Windows 10 on a 64-bit system, has hyper-v turned off, as well as virtualization and the VT-d feature enabled in BIOS. Despite this, VB is only showing the 32-bit versions.

I run the 6.0.6 version of VB

I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling VB, turning on and turning off hyper-v as well as virtualization and the VT-d feature.

Has any one experienced this before? Or have any idea what to do to fix this issue?

Best Answer

I recently installed Virtual Box 6 and it's installed in "C:\Program Files" on Windows 10 Professional 64-bit which suggests it's 64-bit software. I'm not sure if you're referring to the website not showing you the correct version? The version I downloaded came from here:

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Where I clicked on the "Windows hosts" link. This downloaded a file named:

VirtualBox-6.0.4-128413-Win.exe

(which doesn't appear to contain a CPU architecture in the name)

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I assume you have 64-bit hardware and a 64-bit OS? Have you been able to install other 64-bit software?

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