ation. The problem is this error when I try to run a VMWare Player virtual machi ne: VMware Player and Hyper-V are not compatible. Remove the Hyper-V role from the s ystem before running VMware Player. The workaround is to disable Hyper-V so that you can use VMWare. To do this open an Administrator Command Prompt, enter this command and then reb oot: bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off Hyper-V can be enabled again with this command (which also requires a reboot): bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto