How to enable and install Hyper-V in Windows 10 HOME

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The Windows HOME edition (home edition) does not have Hyper-V virtual machine built-in, but there is a way to activate the feature to enable virtualization and install Hyper-V.

How to activate Hyper-V in Windows 10 Home Edition

Step 1: Right-click on a blank space on your desktop and choose Create > Text Document.

Step 2: Put the below script written by Microsoft Virtualization command on Github into a text document. Next, click on the tab at the top, “File” > “Save As”. In the “File Name” field, specify any name, but with a .bat extension and save it to your desktop.

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

Step 3: On your desktop, right-click on the created bat file and select “Run as administrator”. Then a command prompt window will appear where you will be prompted to restart your computer by pressing Y.

Step 4: Press Win+R and type optionalfeatures.exe to quickly open the system components. Find Hyper-V and check the box, then click OK.