Problem with Vagrant Installation on windows

Question

I'm going to use homestead to develop a laravel application on Windows. So I installed VirtualBox and then, Vagrant and it went well as expected. But when I type vagrant on command line and hit Enter, to make sure that it works, I see this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
        2: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/2.2.18/gems/vagrant-2.2.18/bin/vagrant:111:in `<main>'
        1: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:83:in `require'
C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:83:in `require': cannot load such file -- vagrant (LoadError)
        32: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/2.2.18/gems/vagrant-2.2.18/bin/vagrant:111:in `<main>'
        31: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:147:in `require'
        30: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:158:in `rescue in require'
        29: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:158:in `require'
        28: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/2.2.18/gems/vagrant-2.2.18/lib/vagrant.rb:338:in `<top (required)>'
        27: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/2.2.18/gems/vagrant-2.2.18/lib/vagrant.rb:338:in `each'
        26: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/2.2.18/gems/vagrant-2.2.18/lib/vagrant.rb:346:in `block in <top (required)>'
        25: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/2.2.18/gems/vagrant-2.2.18/lib/vagrant.rb:346:in `each'
        24: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/2.2.18/gems/vagrant-2.2.18/lib/vagrant.rb:329:in `block in <top (required)>'
        23: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/2.2.18/gems/vagrant-2.2.18/lib/vagrant.rb:329:in `load'
        22: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/2.2.18/gems/vagrant-2.2.18/plugins/commands/cloud/plugin.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
        21: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:83:in `require'
        20: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:83:in `require'
        19: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/2.2.18/gems/vagrant_cloud-3.0.5/lib/vagrant_cloud.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
        18: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:83:in `require'
        17: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:83:in `require'
        16: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/2.2.18/gems/excon-0.85.0/lib/excon.rb:38:in `<top (required)>'
        15: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:83:in `require'
        14: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:83:in `require'
        13: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/2.2.18/gems/excon-0.85.0/lib/excon/socket.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
        12: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:83:in `require'
        11: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:83:in `require'
        10: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/resolv.rb:38:in `<top (required)>'
         9: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/resolv.rb:168:in `<class:Resolv>'
         8: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/resolv.rb:171:in `<class:Hosts>'
         7: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:83:in `require'
         6: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:83:in `require'
         5: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/win32/resolv.rb:7:in `<top (required)>'
         4: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:83:in `require'
         3: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:83:in `require'
         2: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/win32/registry.rb:4:in `<top (required)>'
         1: from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/win32/registry.rb:72:in `<module:Win32>'
C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/mingw64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/win32/registry.rb:72:in `find': unknown encoding name - CP720 (ArgumentError)

I have installed VirtualBox 6.1.26 and Vagrant 2.2.18 64-bit. Virtualization is enabled on my Windows. I also have disabled hyper-v. Is there anyone who knows what is wrong?

#reza @reza Please specify apps version for example virtual box version e.t.c — Peter, Aug 05 '21 at 12:04
Decreased app version to virtual box 5.1.26 from 6.1.26 vagrant 2.0.0 from 2.2.18 — Peter, Aug 05 '21 at 12:22
@peter I want to use the latest version of laravel and it requires VirtualBox 6.1.x — reza, Aug 05 '21 at 13:36
@peter I just installed vagrant 2.0.0 and it worked! thanks peter — reza, Aug 05 '21 at 13:50
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/235658/discussion-between-peter-and-reza). — Peter, Aug 05 '21 at 14:20
@peter Now, when I try to boot vagrant in the homestead folder, it says vagrantFile requires version 2.2.4 — reza, Aug 06 '21 at 12:51

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 05 '21 at 14:22

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Solution#1

Decreased app version to virtual box 5.1.26 from 6.1.26 And vagrant 2.0.0 from 2.2.18

Solution#2

Re-install app

edited Aug 05 '21 at 14:22

Dharman

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answered Aug 05 '21 at 14:16

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this does not work on windows 10 and just throws message that this app cant start because it causes security and performance issues on windows, when you try to run virtual box manager – Muhammad Omer Aslam Sep 24 '21 at 22:55

Problem with Vagrant Installation on windows

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