

If you want to disable Hyper-V Hypervisor, follow the steps in next two sections. To use other virtualization software, you must disable Hyper-V Hypervisor, Device Guard, and Credential Guard. The hardware cannot be shared between virtualization applications. Only one software component can use this hardware at a time. Many virtualization applications depend on hardware virtualization extensions that are available on most modern processors. Features required for Hyper-V will not be displayed.

In the detail window, locate the following entry:Ī hypervisor has been detected. To determine whether the Hyper-V hypervisor is running, follow these steps: Some security solutions are also dependent on the hypervisor, such as:Īpplies to: Windows 10 - all editions Original KB number: 3204980 Determine whether the Hyper-V hypervisor is running These symptoms are introduced when the Hyper-V Hypervisor is running. These applications might not start virtual machines, or they may fall back to a slower, emulated mode. Affected applications include VMware Workstation and VirtualBox. We hope you enjoy using it.Many third-party virtualization applications don't work together with Hyper-V. To do so:Ī) Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager Free up your PC’s RAM by force-stopping unwanted applications through the Task Manager.Install the latest updates for your Windows. Scan for and repair any corrupt files on your computer. Update your GPU drivers to the latest version. Configure your antivirus correctly as it may be interfering with BlueStacks.Increase the allocated CPU cores and RAM to BlueStacks.Ensure that your PC fulfills the minimum system requirements.If you see a message after launching BlueStacks 5 stating that some minor repairs are needed, you can resolve it by clicking on "Repair now".

The images below show the pop-ups that you may see when BlueStacks 5 fails to start. In the event that BlueStacks 5 cannot start or if you see an error code at the time of launching BlueStacks 5, such as "Error code: -1101", "Error code: -2001" or "Error code: -2004", please follow the steps listed in this article to resolve it.
