How to disable Hyper-V in command line?

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I'm trying to open VMware, it says that VMware player and Hyper-V are not compatible. I found it here, but it's not working using the command it offers.

I tried to see the help, found that there's /hypervisorsettings option there. But still not work with it, it says The parameter is incorrect.

Can anyone help with this?

I found a working way here: `dism.exe /Online /Disable-Feature:Microsoft-Hyper-V` and `dism.exe /Online /Enable-Feature:Microsoft-Hyper-V /All`, but still don't know how `bcdedit` works. — Sky, May 28 '15 at 03:46
this link (https://pswalia2u.medium.com/fully-disable-hyper-v-to-turn-back-to-vmware-virtualbox-159812bee71a) worked for me. For enterprise users, this solution will trigger BitLocker during restart, be aware! — Felix Xu, Feb 24 '21 at 06:24

score 329 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 22 '17 at 05:43

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In an elevated Command Prompt write this :

To disable:

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

To enable:

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto

(From comments - restart to take effect)

edited Aug 22 '17 at 05:43

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answered Mar 05 '16 at 10:26

LukeSkCzEnDeRuPl

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I even forgot this question. I used this actually back then, but it didn't work. Anyway, it works now. Thanks. – Sky Mar 07 '16 at 01:10
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In case you don't specifically need a command line solution but rather just something really simple and quick, you might use my tool [Hyper-V Switch](https://github.com/dg9ngf/HyperVSwitch) that uses the bcdedit method internally and puts a one-click GUI over it. Works on my Windows 10 computer. – ygoe Apr 25 '16 at 18:20
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Make sure you restart the computer after changing this setting – justderb Apr 08 '17 at 03:09
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@LukeSkCzEnDeRuPl You should probably edit your answer and mention that you have to reboot after the command. – ChrisB May 01 '17 at 08:39
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I just went ahead and edited the answer by adding a sentence at the end mentioning that a restart is necessary. – Dan Nissenbaum Aug 22 '17 at 05:43
Worked fine on Windows 10 1607 – Quanlong Dec 06 '17 at 05:58
Worked on Win 10 (1803), though i had to reboot twice somehow. – Alexander Kim Sep 29 '18 at 06:52
For me that did not work even after also uninstalling Hyper-V in windows features. I also had to uninstall Internet Explorer 11 in windows features. – Dennis Aug 15 '19 at 09:57
auto does not make much. You must activate sandbox to make android work for example, WSA. – Валерий Заподовников Mar 26 '22 at 20:06

score 44 · Answer 2 · answered May 08 '17 at 08:44

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You can have a Windows 10 configuration with and without Hyper-V as follows in an Admin prompt:

bcdedit /copy {current} /d "Windows 10 no Hyper-V"

find the new id of the just created "Windows 10 no Hyper-V" bootentry, eg. {094a0b01-3350-11e7-99e1-bc5ec82bc470}

bcdedit /set {094a0b01-3350-11e7-99e1-bc5ec82bc470} hypervisorlaunchtype Off

After rebooting you can choose between Windows 10 with and without Hyper-V at startup

answered May 08 '17 at 08:44

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To find the new id, type "bcdedit" and then look for identifier {XXX} in the added boot loader configuration. – user797717 Oct 18 '17 at 09:32
Help !!!!!!! Doing this my pc does not start anymore... remain on welcome screen of windows 10 all night???!?!? – Falco Sep 27 '18 at 07:07
did you replace the id in my example? – hfmanson Sep 28 '18 at 12:23
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If you run this command on PowerShell, make sure to put the `{current}` and `{GUID}` between `" "` like: `"{current}"` – Nicke Manarin Oct 21 '19 at 14:34

score 31 · Answer 3 · answered May 10 '16 at 15:59

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This command works

Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-All

Run it then agree to restart the computer when prompted.

I ran it in elevated permissions PowerShell on Windows 10, but it should also work on Win 8 or 7.

answered May 10 '16 at 15:59

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Is there any way to achieve this without a reboot? – rustyx Mar 07 '17 at 13:52
And what about re-enabling Hyper-V again via cmd? Thank you! – statosdotcom Mar 07 '17 at 16:36
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This command fully removes HyperV feature with it's files and programs. The bcdedit command is best to disable it and run VirtualBox or VMware instead of it. – Aug 11 '17 at 08:01
My Hyper-V installation decided to give up on me for no reason (i’m running Windows 10 Pro v1703 build 15063.786). I’ve tried to (un/re)install it via Windows Features menu, Powershell and DISM. They all gave no error but as soon as i try to create/add a new VM, and want to finish the last step, Hyper-V throws an error that it couldn’t open/access something because an object doesn’t appear to exist (dutch screenshot): https://i.imgur.com/07hem57.png Same story when running it with elevated/admin privileges. Apparently its not possible to fully restore/repair the Hyper-V product/modules... – script'n'code Dec 25 '17 at 21:32

score 19 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 23 '16 at 11:28

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Command line:

dism /online /disable-feature /featurename:microsoft-hyper-v-all

If anyone is getting:

We couldn’t complete the updates, Undoing changes

after trying to disable the Hyper-V, try uninstalling Hyper-V virtual network adapters from your Device Manager->Network Adapters

answered Sep 23 '16 at 11:28

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This causes windows update fails, thanks for the info – Benny Jul 12 '19 at 01:18
well it bypassed the windows update failing part for me – Rusty Nov 29 '20 at 23:45
thanks, it worked while repairing windows from the command line – Ghafoor Feb 24 '22 at 12:01

score 5 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 01 '17 at 18:15

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Open a command prompt as admin and run this command:

bcdedit /set {current} hypervisorlaunchtype off

After a reboot, Hyper-V is still installed but the Hypervisor is no longer running. Now you can use VMware without any issues.

If you need Hyper-V again, open a command prompt as admin and run this command:

bcdedit /set {current} hypervisorlaunchtype auto

answered Dec 01 '17 at 18:15

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Is there any difference/advantage in using `bcdedit /set {current} ...` over `bcdedit /set ...`? – mwfearnley Jan 30 '20 at 10:45
Now Windows 10 hung up on boot as a result of this command. What should I do ? – user2284570 Nov 09 '21 at 23:36

score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 03 '20 at 03:50

The OP had the best answer for me and it appears that others have figured out the -All addition as well. I set up two batch files, then shortcuts to those so you can set the Run As Admin permissions on them, easy-peasy.

Batch Off

Call dism.exe /Online /Disable-Feature:Microsoft-Hyper-V-All

Batch On

Call dism.exe /Online /Enable-Feature:Microsoft-Hyper-V /All

Right-click -> create desktop shortcut. Right-click the shortcut -> properties -> under the shortcut tab -> Advanced -> Run as admin

score 2 · Answer 7 · edited Jan 11 '20 at 20:06

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Open command prompt as admin and write :

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

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answered Jan 11 '20 at 16:42

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Now Windows 10 hung up on boot as a result of this command. What should I do ? – user2284570 Nov 09 '21 at 23:35

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 29 '21 at 04:34

This is not a direct answer to the OP's question, but if you have tried all the commands and Hyper-V shows as disabled, BUT still unable to start a virtualisation software like VirtualBox or VMWare and just so it happened that you had enabled WSL2 on your machine

Following solution might will work for you.

Go to Control Panel > Programs & Features > Turn Windows Feature On/OFF

Here is the catch, All the three below should be disabled/unchecked.

Virtual Machine Platform
Windows Hypervisor Platform
Windows Subsystem for Linux

Restart!

score 0 · Answer 9 · edited Jan 30 '20 at 12:04

you can use my script. paste code lines to notepad and save as vbs(for example switch_hypervisor.vbs)

Option Explicit

Dim backupfile
Dim record
Dim myshell
Dim appmyshell
Dim myresult
Dim myline
Dim makeactive
Dim makepassive
Dim reboot
record=""
Set myshell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

If WScript.Arguments.Length = 0 Then
    Set appmyshell  = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
    appmyshell.ShellExecute "wscript.exe", """" & WScript.ScriptFullName & """ RunAsAdministrator", , "runas", 1
    WScript.Quit
End if




Set backupfile = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If Not (backupfile.FileExists("C:\bcdedit.bak")) Then
    Set myresult = myshell.Exec("cmd /c bcdedit /export c:\bcdedit.bak")
End If

Set myresult = myshell.Exec("cmd /c bcdedit")
Do While Not myresult.StdOut.AtEndOfStream
    myline = myresult.StdOut.ReadLine()

    If myline="The boot configuration data store could not be opened." Then
        record=""
        exit do
    End If
    If Instr(myline, "identifier") > 0 Then
        record=""
        If Instr(myline, "{current}") > 0 Then
            record="current"
        End If
    End If
    If Instr(myline, "hypervisorlaunchtype") > 0 And record = "current" Then
        If Instr(myline, "Auto") > 0 Then
            record="1"
            Exit Do
        End If
        If Instr(myline, "On") > 0 Then
            record="1"
            Exit Do
        End If
        If Instr(myline, "Off") > 0 Then
            record="0"
            Exit Do
        End If
    End If
Loop

If record="1" Then
    makepassive = MsgBox ("Hypervisor status is active, do you want set to passive? ", vbYesNo, "Hypervisor")
    Select Case makepassive
    Case vbYes
        myshell.run "cmd.exe /C  bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off"
        reboot = MsgBox ("Hypervisor chenged to passive; Computer must reboot. Reboot now? ", vbYesNo, "Hypervisor")
        Select Case reboot
            Case vbYes
                myshell.run "cmd.exe /C  shutdown /r /t 0"
        End Select
    Case vbNo
        MsgBox("Not Changed")
    End Select
End If

If record="0" Then
    makeactive = MsgBox ("Hypervisor status is passive, do you want set active? ", vbYesNo, "Hypervisor")
    Select Case makeactive
    Case vbYes
        myshell.run "cmd.exe /C  bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto"
        reboot = MsgBox ("Hypervisor changed to active;  Computer must reboot. Reboot now?", vbYesNo, "Hypervisor")
        Select Case reboot
            Case vbYes
                myshell.run "cmd.exe /C  shutdown /r /t 0"
        End Select
    Case vbNo
        MsgBox("Not Changed")
    End Select
End If

If record="" Then
        MsgBox("Error: record can't find")
End If

Normally, one should attempt to explain what a code snippet does/how it works when answering a question. — Sebastian Lenartowicz, Jul 18 '17 at 09:34
@SebastianLenartowicz looks self-explanatory to me. The script will just set the hypervisorlaunchtype to auto or off and also export current settings through the bcdedit command. — user797717, Oct 18 '17 at 09:38

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Sep 30 '20 at 07:14

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I tried all of stack overflow and all didn't works. But this works for me:

Open System Configuration
Click Service tab
Uncheck all of Hyper-V related

answered Sep 30 '20 at 07:14

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered May 25 '22 at 09:54

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I found the perfect solution on https://www.interfacett.com/blogs/enabling-hypervisor-auto-start-boot-configuration-database-bcd/

It wasn't working with given commands. But when you go to Power Shell and use command CMD then enter on or off with bcdedit /set {current} hypervisorlaunchtype [off or on chose any] then it worked without any issue.

answered May 25 '22 at 09:54

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While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes. - [From Review](/review/late-answers/31860084) – KevinL May 30 '22 at 20:33

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