Error installing VMWare workstation on Windows 11

sohelsa9 — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 20:48:25 GMT

Hello,

I'm unable to install VMWare workstation 9.0 (or any other version) on my laptop, getting error as below

Error: This Product may not be installed on a computer that has Microsoft HyperV installed.

Following is my configuration:

Processor: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz 2.42 GHz

RAM: 12.0 GB

OS: Windows 11 Home

I checked windows features and confirmed that HyperV is not installed. I even tried to enable the feature and then disable it, restarted multiple times still no luck.

I was able to install on the same machine before, the issue is happening after I formatted my machine and tried to install again.

Please suggest.

Re: Error installing VMWare workstation on Windows 11

wila — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 22:13:43 GMT

Hi,

Apart from Workstation 9 not being supported at all... this quote:

@sohelsa9 wrote:

I checked windows features and confirmed that HyperV is not installed.

Sadly doesn't mean that Hyper-V isn't enabled. It almost certainly is enabled, even when it is unchecked down there.

There's a variety of changes you have to make in order to disable Hyper-V completely.
It is probably one of the most common issues for VMware Workstation in this forum nowadays.

https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Failed-to-power-on-virtual-machine-This-hos...

where user bluefirestorm gives all the details you need to know for addressing this.

edit: Forgot to mention that VMware Workstation 16 does work with Hyper-V enabled, but some features - such as nested virtualisation - are not supported.

--
Wil

topic Error installing VMWare workstation on Windows 11 in VMware Workstation Pro Discussions

Error installing VMWare workstation on Windows 11

Re: Error installing VMWare workstation on Windows 11