How to disable Hyper-V in command line?

Question

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?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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)

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

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.