# Unable to start the VM

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/unable-to-start-the-vm/10071>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** windows, installation, hyper-v\
**Created:** [December 19, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/unable-to-start-the-vm/10071 "2018-12-19T20:33:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BCBSNEMatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BCBSNEMatt](https://community.localwp.com/u/BCBSNEMatt)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/unable-to-start-the-vm/10071/1 "2018-12-19T20:33:36Z")

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I know there are several posts on this, but I’m unable to start Local. Within Local, when I run, I get several popup messages:

1. Unable to start the VM: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe startvm local-by-flywheel --type headless failed:

2. VBoxManager.ext: error: Raw-mode is unavailable courtesy of Hyper-V.

3. VBoxManager.exe: error: Details: Code E\_FAIL (0x80004005)

4. Uh-oh! We ran into a hiccup when trying to start the Local Machine

I tried (at the recommendation of some of these posts) and upgraded Oracle VM VirualBox. I see the local-by-flywheel instance in there, but when I try to start it, I get the error:

- Raw-mode is unavailable courtesy of Hyper-V.

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**Author:** ![SoLoGHoST](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SoLoGHoST](https://community.localwp.com/u/SoLoGHoST)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/unable-to-start-the-vm/10071/2 "2019-04-14T04:29:46Z")

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I too am having this same issue. Weird how it just started happening. I did not update the application or anything that I know of. It just won’t start.

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**Author:** ![drew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@drew](https://community.localwp.com/u/drew)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/unable-to-start-the-vm/10071/3 "2019-04-14T21:26:19Z")

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Maybe a Windows update caused it?

Check out these non-Local specific fixes for this Virtualbox error,

This one looks most promising, [https://blog.darrenjrobinson.com/evil-twins-virtualbox-hyper-v-coexisting/](https://blog.darrenjrobinson.com/evil-twins-virtualbox-hyper-v-coexisting/)

Here are others,

> **[VirtualBox Won't Run - raw-mode unavailable courtesy of Hyper-V?](https://discuss.erpnext.com/t/virtualbox-wont-run-raw-mode-unavailable-courtesy-of-hyper-v/34541)**
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> Hi All, I was using the downloaded VM of the ERPNext in virtualbox on a PC without issues. I decided to move it to another PC with bigger capacity and better performance but the error message in the below screenshot popped up and virtualbox would...

  
[https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/17741](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/17741)  

> <https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-itpro-docs/issues/1556>

  

> **[Manage Windows Defender Credential Guard (Windows 10)](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-za/windows/security/identity-protection/credential-guard/credential-guard-manage)**
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> Deploying and managing Windows Defender Credential Guard using Group Policy, the registry, or the Windows Defender Device Guard and Windows Defender Credential Guard hardware readiness tool.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://community.localwp.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/unable-to-start-the-vm/10071/4 "2020-08-25T18:36:03Z")

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