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steve425
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Jun 29, 2021

Im stuck at "what needs your attention" on updating to windows 11 without any description

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  • fjleon's avatar
    fjleon
    Copper Contributor

    i had to close the installer and start it again after updating virtualbox. the refresh button was broken as it didn't do anything

  • ilanspit's avatar
    ilanspit
    Copper Contributor

    steve425 

    Hello

    I had same problem.

    This video helped me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH5RysHzKn0

  • bsmithio's avatar
    bsmithio
    Copper Contributor
    Uninstalling LDPlayer fixed this issue for me. I did not have to uninstall BlueStacks, VMWare Player, or VirtualBox
  • nattapachs's avatar
    nattapachs
    Copper Contributor
    I uninstall software Virtual Box and VMware Workstation --> click refresh --> it's work , installing continue
  • KrynauwKruger's avatar
    KrynauwKruger
    Copper Contributor

    steve425 So the video below mentioned VirtualBox, I had VMWare. Uninstalled and the setup continued.

     

    Thanks and Kind regards

    Krynauw Kruger

  • Hello,

    If you've VirtualBox, or any other OS emulator currently, or previously installed, make sure you completely remove it and then hit Refresh.

    Hope this helps!
  • ce7in's avatar
    ce7in
    Copper Contributor

    steve425

     

    Do you have an Android emulator like LDPlayer? Most Android emulators use virtualbox.exe in the background to manage virtual Android machines. Virtualbox.exe and these emulators are problematic programs when trying to install Windows 11. If you have, please uninstall them. If you don't have, you could the problematic programs or files following the steps here:

     

    https://www.windows11.dev/ce7in/what-needs-your-attention-41bp

    • dwshobhit's avatar
      dwshobhit
      Copper Contributor
      https://www.howtogeek.com/416169/how-to-fix-what-needs-your-attention-windows-10-setup-errors/

      follow the steps. it worked for me.
      • prateek385's avatar
        prateek385
        Copper Contributor

        Bro this helped I have ld player installed after removing that it worked
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5pBNEuKL90

  • matamocos's avatar
    matamocos
    Copper Contributor
    Try this: https://www.howtogeek.com/416169/how-to-fix-what-needs-your-attention-windows-10-setup-errors/
    • RaduHossu's avatar
      RaduHossu
      Copper Contributor
      This worked for me after the "uninstall OS emulators" fix did not work. Thank you!

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