getting error while running minikube start

[Gopikrishna-marri]

What Happened?

S C:\Users\Dell> minikube start

• minikube v1.34.0 on Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19045.5131 Build 19045.5131
• Using the virtualbox driver based on existing profile
• Starting "minikube" primary control-plane node in "minikube" cluster
• Updating the running virtualbox "minikube" VM ...
  ! StartHost failed, but will try again: provision: Error getting config for native Go SSH: open C:\Users\Dell.minikube\machines\minikube\id_rsa: Access is denied.
• Updating the running virtualbox "minikube" VM ...
• Failed to start virtualbox VM. Running "minikube delete" may fix it: provision: Error getting config for native Go SSH: open C:\Users\Dell.minikube\machines\minikube\id_rsa: Access is denied.

X Exiting due to GUEST_PROVISION: error provisioning guest: Failed to start host: provision: Error getting config for native Go SSH: open C:\Users\Dell.minikube\machines\minikube\id_rsa: Access is denied.
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Attach the log file

S C:\Users\Dell> minikube start

• minikube v1.34.0 on Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19045.5131 Build 19045.5131
• Using the virtualbox driver based on existing profile
• Starting "minikube" primary control-plane node in "minikube" cluster
• Updating the running virtualbox "minikube" VM ...
  ! StartHost failed, but will try again: provision: Error getting config for native Go SSH: open C:\Users\Dell.minikube\machines\minikube\id_rsa: Access is denied.
• Updating the running virtualbox "minikube" VM ...
• Failed to start virtualbox VM. Running "minikube delete" may fix it: provision: Error getting config for native Go SSH: open C:\Users\Dell.minikube\machines\minikube\id_rsa: Access is denied.

X Exiting due to GUEST_PROVISION: error provisioning guest: Failed to start host: provision: Error getting config for native Go SSH: open C:\Users\Dell.minikube\machines\minikube\id_rsa: Access is denied.
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│ │
│ * If the above advice does not help, please let us know: │
│ https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/new/choose │
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│ * Please run minikube logs --file=logs.txt and attach logs.txt to the GitHub issue.

Operating System

Windows

Driver

VirtualBox

[T-Lakshmi]

This issue is duplicate of #11855.

/triage duplicate

[T-Lakshmi]

@Gopikrishna-marri,
The issue you encountered because you don't have access to your id_rsa file.

SSH: open C:\Users\Dell.minikube\machines\minikube\id_rsa: Access is denied.

Check the suggestion mentioned in #11855 comment to resolve the issue.
Let us know if you are still facing issue after following this.

[T-Lakshmi]

/kind support