How to disable Hyper-V in Windows

Genymotion Desktop does not work well with Hyper-V.

Disabling Hyper-V is recommended when using Genymotion Desktop.

Step 1: Disable all Hyper-V features

Open the Windows Features dialog via Control Panel → Programs → Turn Windows features on or off.
Uncheck Hyper-V in Windows Features.
Click OK.
Windows Features will apply the changes and ask you to restart.
Click Restart Now to reboot the PC and apply the changes.
Also, disable the following features:
Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2)
Windows Sandbox
Virtual Machine Platform
Windows Hypervisor Platform

Step 2: Disable Memory Integrity

Even though Hyper-V is disabled, Windows 11 has features that silently use the Hyper-V hypervisor in the background.
One such feature is the Memory Integrity security feature from Core Isolation.
To disable Memory Integrity:
Open Windows Security
Go to Device Security → Core isolation details
Turn Memory Integrity off
Reboot your PC when prompted

Step 3: Verify that Hyper-V is properly disabled

Open a PowerShell terminal and run:

  systeminfo | findstr -i "hyper-v requirements"

If Hyper-V is disabled, you should see the following output:

  Hyper-V Requirements: VM Monitor Mode Extensions: Yes
  Virtualization Enabled In Firmware: Yes
  Second Level Address Translation: Yes
  Data Execution Prevention Available: Yes

Otherwise, if you get the following output:

  Hyper-V Requirements: A hypervisor has been detected. Features required for Hyper-V are missing

then Hyper-V is still active.

If you already followed instructions 1 and 2, and Hyper-V is still active, follow this guide to completely disable Hyper-V manually.

Windows 11 24H2 known bug

There is a known bug with Windows 11 24H2 which makes it impossible to disable Hyper-V on some configurations. Make sure to use Windows 11 25H2 or higher, or upgrade Windows 11 24H2 to 25H2 if possible.

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