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I have asked something similar before, but I was wondering if someone could give me some very simple instructions for how I can turn off HyperV Container features so that I can use Virtual Box and then turn them back on to use Docker for Windows

At present I have the following message from Docker for Windows

"Hyper-V and Containers features are not enabled. Do you want to enable them for Docker to be able to work properly? Your computer will restart automatically. Note: VirtualBox will no longer work."

I do NOT need both at the same time

I really need clear instructions as I do not want to be in a position where I get docker working then can never use Virtual Box again!

I have a requirement for using my existing Virtual Box VMs every now and then and I cannot be in a position where I cannot use them

Paul

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You can do below to disable

dism.exe /Online /Disable-Feature:Microsoft-Hyper-V
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

and below to enable

dism.exe /Online /Enable-Feature:Microsoft-Hyper-V /All
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto

From PowerShell

To Disable

Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-All

To Enable

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V –All

PS: Source threads

https://superuser.com/questions/540055/convenient-way-to-enable-disable-hyper-v-in-windows-8

How to disable Hyper-V in command line?

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    Enabling using Powershell did not work completely. Docker was still saying hyper-v not enabled. "bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto" worked. – Shashi Jeevan M. P. Feb 28 '20 at 03:44