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I have a Windows 10 Pro hosting Hyper-V, which has a VM (Windows 10 Enterprise). The VM has VMWare Workstation 16 installed, and I am trying to open an existing VM from a previous Windows 10 laptop.

I get the following error message:

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I have followed the same answer steps within this link, but I still get the same message followed by another message, even after multiple reboots.

What I have done more importantly:

  • Disabled virtual based security
  • Amended the reg keys (and imported what was advised)
  • Hyper-V is disabled, along with Virtual Platform and Virtualization features

Does something need to be configured within the Hyper-V settings for the Win10 Enterprise VM?

Ramhound
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Dougie
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  • What is your Windows version? VMware Workstation can now run with Hyper-V starting with Windows 10 20H1 build 19041.264 (link). – harrymc Apr 03 '21 at 19:34
  • You need the newest version of Windows to go with the new version of VMware. – John Apr 03 '21 at 19:47
  • The Win10 Ent VM is version 20H2 (OS Build 19042.867). The VMware Workstation installed on it is version 16.1.1 build-17801498. So if they are both compatiple, that error message should not exist in terms of version perpective? – Dougie Apr 03 '21 at 19:59
  • Uninstall VMware Workstation, restart the computer and install Workstation again. Also try a new test Guest system. – John Apr 03 '21 at 20:36
  • Wait you are running VMWARE Workstation within a VM? – Ramhound Apr 03 '21 at 21:19
  • @Ramhound Yes I am, And the VM is run by Hyper-V. Any issues with this setup? – Dougie Apr 03 '21 at 21:27
  • Nested Virtualization is at least not enabled by default AFAIK. – Tom Yan Apr 03 '21 at 21:47
  • Where would I need to enable nested Virtualization ? – Dougie Apr 03 '21 at 22:17
  • It’s well documented by Microsoft – Ramhound Apr 03 '21 at 23:31
  • Unfortunetaly they only show explain nested Virtualization when using Hyper-V and within a Hyper-V. I am trying to enable VMWare within a Hyper-V host – Dougie Apr 04 '21 at 11:01

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