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

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?

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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/

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Kapil Arya 7,596 Reputation points MVP

2020-05-25T06:24:56.817+00:00

Hello,

Unfortunately, you can't enable Hyper-V feature in Windows 10 Home as it is not supported. You need at least Pro or higher edition with 64-bit installation for using Hyper-V.

Regards.
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UMEHARA, MASAHIRO 1 Reputation point

2021-05-31T08:16:55.107+00:00

This comment is unfortunate though there is an answer. I do not know some people in this QA try to avoid answer the questions.
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S.Sengupta 15,111 Reputation points MVP

2020-07-27T02:36:14.52+00:00

Microsoft reference says "The Hyper-V role cannot be installed on Windows 10 Home."
You can upgrade from Home to Pro version.

Step-By-Step: Enabling Hyper-V for use on Windows 10
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Guy Rouillier 46 Reputation points

2020-07-27T07:26:49.137+00:00

Did you read my comment right above yours? Hyper-V, and the Management Console which allows you to create VMs, can easily be installed on Windows 10 Home. This apparently was not the case when Microsoft wrote their support document, but is true today.

Rodrigo Chavez Blanco 1 Reputation point

2020-09-17T04:13:56.43+00:00

They modified that in the lastest Windows 10 home update because they needed hyper-v to run WSL2, which is available in W. home. Maybe you can use it only for WSL,. But I saw many reports of people using all the features of Hyper V after the 2020 update...
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Installation of Hyper-V on windows 10 home

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