Raw-mode is unavailable courtesy of Hyper-V error in VirtualBox

For VirtualBox to be able to start virtual machines, Hyper-V has to be turned off in Windows 10.

If you get the error message when you try to launch a virtual machine in VirtualBox

Raw-mode is unavailable courtesy of Hyper-V

Check the Hyper-V setting

1. Open a command prompt as an administrator,
2. Execute the command:

   bcdedit

   The default value of the hypervisorlaunchtype is “Auto”
   
   For VirtualBox to be able to launch virtual machines, we have to turn off hypervisorlaunchtype

Disable Hyper-V

To disable Hyper-V

1. Open a command prompt as an administrator
2. Execute the command

   bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

3. Restart the computer. Do not shut down and start the computer, that does not work.

Enable Hyper-V

Docker for Windows needs the hardware virtualization that Hyper-V provides. To enbale Hyper-V again

1. Open a command prompt as an administrator
2. Execute the command

   bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto

3. Restart the computer for the change to take effect.