Troubleshooting

1. Open Control Panel → Programs and Features → Turn Windows features on or off.

2. Make sure Virtual Machine Platform is disabled.

3. Make sure Hyper-V is disabled.

If the error persists:

1. Open Command Prompt as administrator.

2. Run:

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

1. Restart your computer.

Windows 11

If the previous methods do not resolve the error, run PowerShell as administrator and execute the supplied commands:

takeown /F "C:\Windows\System32\hvix64.exe"

icacls "C:\Windows\System32\hvix64.exe" /grant *$(([System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).User.Value):F

takeown /F "C:\Windows\System32\hvax64.exe"

icacls "C:\Windows\System32\hvax64.exe" /grant *$(([System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).User.Value):F

del "C:\Windows\System32\hvix64.exe"

del "C:\Windows\System32\hvax64.exe"