How to Add Hyper-V Manager to Control Panel in Windows 10


Whether you are a software developer, an IT professional, or a technology enthusiast, many of you need to run multiple operating systems. Hyper-V lets you run multiple operating systems as virtual machines on Windows.

Hyper-V specifically provides hardware virtualization. That means each virtual machine runs on virtual hardware. Hyper-V lets you create virtual hard drives, virtual switches, and a number of other virtual devices all of which can be added to virtual machines.

Hyper-V is only available on 64-bit versions of Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education. It is not available on the Home edition.

Hyper-V Manager provides management access to your virtualization platform.

This tutorial will show you how to add a Hyper-V Manager applet to the Control Panel for all users in Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove Hyper-V Manager in the Control Panel.

It is required to enable Hyper-V to be able to add Hyper-V Manager to the Control Panel.


EXAMPLE: Hyper-V Manager in Control Panel (icons view) and Control Panel (category view)
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EXAMPLE: Hyper-V Manager
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Here's How:

1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.


2 To Add "Hyper-V Manager" to Control Panel

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Add_Hyper-V_Manager_to_Control Panel.reg

Download


3 To Remove "Hyper-V Manager" from Control Panel

This is the default setting

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Remove_Hyper-V_Manager_from_Control Panel.reg

Download


4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 If the Control Panel is currently open, then close and reopen it to apply.

8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn


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