How do I start the Genymotion Desktop service?

**How to start the Genymotion Desktop service**

1. **Launch Genymotion Desktop**

- Open the Genymotion app on your PC (Windows, macOS, or Linux).

- If this is the first time, a sign‑in window will appear. Log in with your Genymotion account or activate the trial.

2. **Open the Device Manager**

- In the main window, click **“Start”** next to the virtual device you want to run.

- If you don’t see a device, create one first: click **“New”** → follow the wizard → select device → finish.

3. **Start the virtual device**

- After the device appears in the list, click **“Start”**.

- Genymotion will launch VirtualBox (or Hypervisor) and spin up the Android VM.

- The status will change to **“On”** once it’s ready.

4. **Troubleshooting**

- If you get “Unable to start a device” or “An error has occurred while trying to create a virtualbox host‑only network interface”, ensure you’re running Genymotion with an administrator account on Windows (or a user with sufficient privileges on macOS/Linux).

- For Windows, you may need to clean up VirtualBox host‑only adapters:

1. Open **VirtualBox** → **File** → **Host Network Manager…**

2. Delete all adapters except one.

3. Reboot and run Genymotion again.

- On Linux/macOS, ensure the **VirtualBox kernel modules** are loaded (run `sudo /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup` on Ubuntu, or install the `virtualbox` package).

5. **Optional – Start Cloud Instances**

- If you’re using Genymotion SaaS, go to the **CLOUD INSTANCES** tab in the launcher, click **“GET STARTED”**, and log into your SaaS account.

- Once logged in, create or start a cloud instance; it will appear in the same device list and can be started in the same way.

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Feel free to let me know if you hit any specific error or need help configuring a particular device!