Where are network interfaces generated from in VirtualBox?

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currently I have a Windows 10, Virtualbox 5.20 setup and some old / unwanted network interfaces shown by VirtualBox.

If I look into my current VirtualBox setup under "Bridged networking" i find the following interfaces:

VirtualBox list of interfaces

there are some interfaces I used years ago on my system but I can't find anywhere remaining in the system. Do you have an Idea where I could find them and remove then from the system?

Some other information about the devices:

List of interfaces from NetworkInterafeView:

NetworkInterfaceView (NirSoft)

List of interfaces from Windows:

Windows networkinterfaces

Thanks a lot for your help!

Chris

Posted 2017-10-26T19:52:30.390

Reputation: 33

1those are adapters, not software Interfaces. Its a subtle distinction, but meaningful nonetheless in troubleshooting your problem. – Frank Thomas – 2017-10-26T19:58:40.717

Have you checked in Device Manager under "Network Adapters"? You should be able to uninstall adapter drivers from there. – heavyd – 2017-10-26T21:52:17.030

@heavyd: Yes, I did. Even enabled the option to show hidden and disabled devices. There are no devices other than my "normal" network card. – Chris – 2017-11-01T17:27:38.203

Answers

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Finally I found a solution as posted in https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=82574&hilit=bridgedif&start=15#p396149:

My old network adapters were stored in Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkSetup2\Interfaces\ where my admin account didn't have access. It is only limited to NetSetupSvcand TrustedInstaller.

So I downloaded RunAsTI, started regedit.exe, went to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkSetup2\Interfaces\ and deleted them by their GUID I got from VBoxManage.exe list bridgedifs.

After that they are gone and I can sleep deep and well again ;).

Thanks for your help.

Chris

Posted 2017-10-26T19:52:30.390

Reputation: 33

I had a completely different issue where my WiFi stopped working, I ran "netconfig -d" which deleted my adapters and then they ceased to return, even though they showed in event manager. This pointed me in the correct direction--I cleaned out the Interfaces key, rebooted, and BAM, everything was working properly. THANK YOU! – slashp – 2017-11-15T19:58:38.930

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