Fixing Claude Windows VM Permission Errors
Attention_Soggy · reddit · 2026-07-12
The post addresses a Windows 10 error related to Claude/VMs: the program fails to open smol-bin.vhdx, prompting an account permission error with code 0x80070005.
The author's provided solution is:
- Delete AppData\Roaming\Claude\vmbundles
- Run icacls.exe in PowerShell as an administrator to grant full control permissions to the corresponding SID for that path
- Make sure to replace the user path in the command with your own
This is a practical troubleshooting post, useful for anyone encountering similar installation or permission issues.
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