

Just because your error message also starts with the words "Critical error. I have deleted your other post in what was an unrelated topic. To avoid duplication please ask your question once. Open System Properties Select the Advanced tab in the System Properties window and click on Settings in the Performance section. Cross posting is against the rules of these forums. First, press the Win key + R shortcut and open the Run window enter sysdm.cpl in the search bar and click OK. Don't do anything not mentioned in the tutorial. At the top of the next window, youll see a field labeled Owner. Next, click the Advanced button for more options. On the resulting window, switch to the Security tab. Reinstall, and then follow the instructions in User Manual section 1.7: Creating your first virtual machine. First, right-click the folder or file in question and select Properties. So, I would start again: uninstall VirtualBox, delete the \.VirtualBox folder. You could undo this damage, but I don't know what else you've done. This error is terminal, hence "Critical error". The error occurs when VirtualBox tries to create a VM folder in your Downloads folder, since of course an ISO file and a VM folder can't both use the same name. It also sounds like you changed your default machine folder to that of your Downloads folder. Ĭould you check in your bash session (so not CMD) what value your $HOME environment variable is set? ~/.It sounds like you are trying to give the VM the name of your boot ISO file, which isn't a good start. Your public key has been saved in /c/Users/VonC/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.

Method 2: Reset File Explorer (explorer. Let the command complete and then reboot the machine. Type sfc /scannow command and press Enter key. From results, right-click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator. Search for 'command prompt' using Cortana or Windows Search. Your identification has been saved in /c/Users/VonC/.ssh/id_rsa. Method 1: Run System File Checker (SFC) scan: 1. That will create a %USERPROFILE%\.ssh\mykey and %USERPROFILE%\.ssh\mykey.pub.Īs a test, I just created my key without any problem (Seven Ultimate 64bits, msysgit 1.6.gcd48) $ ssh-keygen -C -t rsaĮnter file in which to save the key (/c/Users/VonC/.ssh/id_rsa):# just press enterĮnter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): You can use (from CMD or bash) ssh-keygen -C -t rsa -P "" -f ~/.ssh/mykey Make sure you do not have a Windows environment variable named HOME, which would take precedence when using ssh.exe or ssh-keygen.exe commands from a CMD session (as opposed to a bash session). You can start with creating the expected folder, and check you can access it: mkdir "%USERPROFILE%\.ssh"
