[windows] How to disable Hyper-V in command line?

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?

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

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

1. Open System Configuration
2. Click Service tab
3. Uncheck all of Hyper-V related

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

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

Open command prompt as admin and write :

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

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.

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

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