Installation of Hyper-V on windows 10 home

Abhay Rao 71

How can I install Hyper-V on my windows 10 home edition in a verified way ?

Khagendra Singh 16 Reputation points

2020-07-07T13:21:30.613+00:00

You cant use hyper V on window 10 home.
You need Window 10 pro or enterprise to use Hyper V.

If you want to use another Application similar to Hyper V in your home edition then go for Virtual Box.

Thanks
K. Singh
Hank Terrebrood 156 Reputation points

2020-07-26T03:37:05.903+00:00
Don't you wish people that didn't know what they are talking about would stop answering tech questions?

Irritating as hell, isn't it?

Create a file, anywhere, using a text editor and copy the following into that file:

pushd "%~dp0" dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\*Hyper-V*.mum >hv.txt for /f %%i in ('findstr /i . hyper-v.txt 2^>nul') do dism /online /norestart /add-package:"%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\%%i" del hv.txt Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Hyper-V -All /LimitAccess /ALL pause

Now save that as hv.bat from your text editor. The desktop or download folder are good destinations for which to save and easily located for the next step.

After exiting the editor, open file manager and right mouse click the file and choose run as administrator.

Once complete it will reboot your machine and you can turn on Hyper-v from programs and features.
pallav 41 Reputation points

2020-10-04T21:00:08.47+00:00

I just did. Hyper V can be installed on Windows 10 Home. Follow the instructions in https://www.itechtics.com/enable-hyper-v-windows-10-home/
Mark P 11 Reputation points

2021-01-18T08:27:05.833+00:00

Can confirm I too just installed it using Hank's suggestions. There are a few more steps to what Hank said, but he included the hard part. the final bit is in turn windows features on/off.
Naveen Prashanth gnpaone indian 6 Reputation points

2021-03-22T11:05:12.85+00:00

Error: 2

An error occurred while attempting to start the servicing process for the image located at C:.
For more information, review the log file.

Please help
Guy Rouillier 46 Reputation points

2021-03-23T00:45:45.15+00:00

Your question is missing sufficient context for anyone to help. We have no idea where you were in the process when you encountered this error. Are you following the steps either I or Hank laid out? If you describe what step you had already completed, and which step you encountered this error, someone may be able to try to help.
Michael Burr 81 Reputation points

2021-04-24T06:37:05.573+00:00
There is a typo on line 3 of the script - the filename hyper-v.txt should be hv.txt

So the line in whole should be:

for /f %%i in ('findstr /i . hv.txt 2^>nul') do dism /online /norestart /add-package:"%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\%%i"

Thanks for posting the script - it was a great help! I now have Hyper-V Manager on my Win10 Home machine.
Ritu Raj 1 Reputation point

2021-05-29T11:53:39.567+00:00

Hey,
am getting the following error when i try for this solution you mentioned. Can someone solve this?

****Error: 0x800f080c**
Feature name Microsoft-Hyper-V is unknown.
A Windows feature name was not recognized.
Use the /Get-Features option to find the name of the feature in the image and try the command again**.

The DISM log file can be found at C:\WINDOWS\Logs\DISM\dism.log
Guy Rouillier 46 Reputation points

2021-05-30T02:50:51.437+00:00

Please see my reply dated Jul 20 2020 at 5:20 AM below. I provide some instructions using only the graphical tools supplied with Windows. Perhaps those will work for you.
Bart Oost 1 Reputation point

2021-07-04T15:07:47.15+00:00

Great, guess u helped me out. Almost gave up trying.....
Vishwajeet Singh 1 Reputation point Microsoft Employee

2021-07-11T11:19:08.497+00:00
Thanks, now I can able to install and use hyper-v on my Microsoft Windows 10 Home Single Language

but in system information showing below message
"A hypervisor has been detected. Features required for Hyper-V will not be displayed."
What is this means?

![113588-image.png][1]

Please help
Guy Rouillier 46 Reputation points

2021-07-12T10:10:17.907+00:00

That's actually good news. It simply means that since the system has identified the presence of a hypervisor, it will not show you the list of requirements to install one.
Sam Adams 1 Reputation point

2021-07-20T05:02:55.973+00:00

For me, I also had to change the %%i to %i for some reason.
System Coding 1 Reputation point

2021-08-21T07:34:45.947+00:00

Did you run the file as admin
WesternGamer 1 Reputation point

2021-10-09T00:52:03.75+00:00

This does work with windows 11. Note: It will take a few minutes to install and it looks like it is installing the same thing over and over again but it is slightly different.
Ulrich Kamp 6 Reputation points

2022-01-15T06:41:24.887+00:00

The corrected script worked flawlessly on a freshly installed WIn 11 laptop. Thank you very much for the script. Uli
Rasthro Rotha 1 Reputation point

2022-02-12T10:38:18.757+00:00

You could use Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Hyper-V -All /LimitAccess /ALL ,But it doesnt work anymore as microsoft had patched it for home users :(
Tamara Moss 1 Reputation point

2022-04-30T16:00:58.113+00:00

This script worked but left me with a blue screen after restart... Cannot recommend
Cezary Durkalec 6 Reputation points

2022-07-04T17:30:47.127+00:00

It's 100% working.

Just (as MichaelBurr-9534 said) original script requires little correction.
Make sure text file you create in 2nd line ("hv.txt") is the same file you use in function in 3rd line and finally delete in 4th line.
hola papi 1 Reputation point

2022-12-10T21:26:07.06+00:00

This change is all that's needed, worked perfectly first try. Im on windows 10 home
zack 0 Reputation points

2023-03-21T06:30:46.14+00:00

How will you revert back the changes made to enable Hyper-V on home edition the step mentioned by Hank Terrebrood.
Guy Rouillier 46 Reputation points

2023-03-21T07:00:54.5766667+00:00

@zack, just follow the instructions here to disable the Hyper-V feature:

https://www.itechtics.com/enable-hyper-v-windows-10-home/

7 answers

Guy Rouillier 46 Reputation points

2020-07-20T09:20:09.46+00:00

I'm on Windows 10 Home. Under "Turn Windows features on or off", I see:

Virtual Machine Platform
Windows Hypervisor Platform

I checked both of those, and the system told me to reboot. I did so, and upon opening up System Information, at the bottom I now see:

Virtualization-based security Running
A hypervisor has been detected. Features required for Hyper-V will not be displayed.

So, apparently, the Hyper-V hypervisor can be enabled on Windows 10 Home. I still didn't have the Hyper-V Management Console. I found the following instructions on how to enable the Hyper-V Management Console on Windows 10 Home. I used them, and I now have the console that allows me to create new VMs.

https://www.itechtics.com/enable-hyper-v-windows-10-home/
Please sign in to rate this answer.

6 people found this answer helpful.
Shakeel Ahmad 16 Reputation points

2020-07-27T12:55:46.147+00:00

This method really works

Eric Saindon 11 Reputation points

2020-08-03T22:26:59.053+00:00

Verified. Ran without issue, creating a virtual machine now on Windows 10 Home.

Hyper-v can be enabled on windows 10 home 11 Reputation points

2021-01-04T01:01:16.953+00:00

verified again

lightfromthesky 1 Reputation point

2021-02-10T04:49:21.667+00:00

Worked like a Charm! Thank you!

sheetsGuy3000 1 Reputation point

2022-03-11T01:59:46.737+00:00

Worked like a charm guy

mayur prabhat 1 Reputation point

2022-03-18T19:04:15.62+00:00

where were you bro
that's awesome
i was stuck in this error from 1 week
bro bro bro
Sign in to comment

Use comments to ask for clarification, additional information, or improvements to the question.
Anonymous

2020-05-24T17:25:27.217+00:00

You can follow along here but windows 10 home edition does not support hyper-v role.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/quick-start/enable-hyper-v

--please don't forget to Accept as answer if the reply is helpful--

--------------------------

Regards, Dave Patrick ....
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows Server] Datacenter Management

Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights.
Please sign in to rate this answer.

3 people found this answer helpful.

0 comments No comments
Sign in to comment

Use comments to ask for clarification, additional information, or improvements to the question.
Teemo Tang 821 Reputation points

2020-05-26T02:44:49.477+00:00

Windows 10 Home edition doesn’t support Hyper-V feature, it can only be enabled on Windows 10 Enterprise, Pro, or Education.

If you want to use virtual machine, you need to use third-party VM software, such as VMware and VirtualBox.
Please sign in to rate this answer.

1 person found this answer helpful.

0 comments No comments
Sign in to comment

Use comments to ask for clarification, additional information, or improvements to the question.
Ulrich Kamp 6 Reputation points

2022-01-15T06:46:10.623+00:00

The corrected script executes flawlessly on a freshly installed Win 11 Home HP laptop. Thanks for script! Regards, Uli
Please sign in to rate this answer.

1 person found this answer helpful.

0 comments No comments
Sign in to comment

Use comments to ask for clarification, additional information, or improvements to the question.
Don Cuthbert 411 Reputation points

2020-05-24T17:29:52.057+00:00

There are other Virtual Machine products available, such as VMware Player, or VirtualBox, since Hyper-V cannot be used on Home Edition.
Please sign in to rate this answer.

0 comments No comments
Sign in to comment

Use comments to ask for clarification, additional information, or improvements to the question.

Share via

Installation of Hyper-V on windows 10 home

It's 100% working.

7 answers

Your answer