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?
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)
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.
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
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
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
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