Changes between Version 12 and Version 13 of Docs/Prog/Manual/Development/Setup

Timestamp:

03/15/18 12:55:30 (6 years ago)

Author:

Don Wilson

Comment:

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Docs/Prog/Manual/Development/Setup

@@ -145 +145 @@
 If Hyper-V is enabled it will have to be disabled before VMWare may be used. Hyper-V can be removed from the control panel. This will require a reboot. 
 
+If the computer is used for other things that may require Hyper-V a PowerShell script may be used to switch Hyper-V on / off
+{{{
+SetHyper-V.ps1
+
+param([string]$state='Off')
+'Set Hyper-V ' + $state
+$lines = bcdedit
+ForEach($line in $lines) {
+    $pos = $line.IndexOf(' ')
+    If($pos -gt 0) {
+        $prompt = $line.Substring(0, $pos)
+        $curstate = $line.Substring($pos).Trim()
+        If($prompt -eq 'hypervisorlaunchtype') {
+            '[' + $prompt + '] = [' + $curstate + ']'
+            If($curstate -ne $state) {
+                'Setting hypervisorlauchtype to ' + $state
+                $result = bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype $state
+                'Result = [' + $result + ']'
+                If($result -eq 'The operation completed successfully.') {
+                    'Restarting in two seconds'
+                    Start-Sleep -s 2
+                    Restart-Computer
+                } Else {
+                    'Error setting state'
+                    Start-Sleep -s 5
+                }
+            } Else {
+                'Hypervisor launch type is already ' + $state
+                Start-Sleep -s 5
+            }
+        }
+    } 
+}
+}}}
+
+Create a folder C:\scripts if it does not already exist and add this Powershell script to the folder.
+
+Create a shortcut on the desktop named "Hyper-V On" and set it the Target to:
+C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe C:\Scripts\SetHyper-V.ps1 -state Auto
+
+Create a shortcut on the desktop named "Hyper-V Off" and set it the Target to:
+C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe C:\Scripts\SetHyper-V.ps1 -state Off