How to Install Hyper-V engine as Windows Feature in Microsoft Windows

Introduction

As it exist in the title of this article, the main purpose of this article is to show how to install Hyper-V engine. Actually, Docker Desktop Application or Docker Desktop Service running in the local device using Microsoft Windows need it. It need the Hyper-V engine as a default engine. There is an event which is causing an error message to appear. Before going on further, the following is the actual error message appearance :

It is a trigger for installing the Hyper-V engine. The installation process in this article is referring from another article. That other article exist as part of the error message above in this link. Furthermore, there is another specific appearance of the error message window as follows :

How to Install Hyper-V engine as Windows Feature in Microsoft Windows

So, the following are steps for installing Hyper-V engine as a Windows feature in Microsoft Windows :

1. First of all, it need a PowerShell in order to execute a specific command.  But do not forget to execute the PowerShell using Administrator account. So, just execute a PowerShell first as in the following image :

   

2. After that, just type the command for activing the Hyper-V engine as follows :

   

3. Following after, just type ‘Y’ in order to proceed activating the Hyper-V engine. Soon after, the process will continue as in the following image :

   

   On the other hand, if the PowerShell execution did not use an Administrator account, it will trigger an error. The error appear exist as in another article with the title of ‘How to Solve Error Message Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature : The requested operation requires elevation when Enabling Hyper-V Engine in Microsoft Windows’ in this link.

4. After it is done, just restart the device which in this is a local device running using Microsoft Windows as its operating system.

5. Last but not least, after restarting it, just check it in the windows feature by searching it as in the following image :

   

   Click in on the Turn on and Turn off windows feature, the following window will appear :

   

6. Last but not least, just search with the keyword of Hyper-V as follows :

   

   So, it is enough prove to check the existence or the availability of the Hyper-V engine.