【WSL】Open Hyper-V Service in Win11

Jan 18, 2022#WSL211

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This is a guide on how to enable the Hyper-V service on Windows 11. The author explains that they couldn't find the Hyper-V option in the Add/Remove Programs because they have Windows 11 Home edition. They also couldn't find the option in the BIOS settings of their Dell computer. However, they provide a set of steps to enable the Hyper-V service by running a batch file. After downloading and installing, the Hyper-V Manager can be found in the Start menu.

To use WSL, you need to enable the Hyper-V service. If you can't find Hyper-V in the Add or Remove Programs, it may be because I am using Win11 Home. Then, even after restarting and accessing the BIOS, I couldn't find an option to enable something like Intel Virtualization because I am using Dell. Finally, I successfully enabled the Hyper-V service by following these steps:

Open a text editor and enter the following:

pushd "%~dp0"
dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\*Hyper-V*.mum >hv.txt
for /f %%i in ('findstr /i . hv.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

Save it anywhere with the name "hv.bat".
Find this file and right-click to run as administrator. It will take some time to download and install.
Restart your computer, and you will be able to find Hyper-V Manager in the Start menu search.