How to fix "VMware Player and Hyper-V are not compatible. Remove the Hyper-V role from the system before running VMware Player."

Irina Ponton 0 Reputation points
2023-07-08T17:00:52.3233333+00:00

I installed a windows xp virtual machine in vmware player in my laptop windows 11. I was able to open my virtual machine at first, but then this message appeared.

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I tried to disable hyper-v from "Turn Windows Features on or off" but it doesn't appear in the list.

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I opened "System Information" and it says that is detected an hypervisor.

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  1. Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 36,336 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2023-07-10T02:54:28.8166667+00:00

    Hi,

    Please see if you can disable Hyper-V using PowerShell.

    Open PowerShell as administrator from the start menu and run 

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

    Best Regards,

    Ian Xue

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