Android Studio keeps asking to turn off Hyper-V in an infinite loop

Question

I am running Windows 10 and just now installed Android Studio. Android Studio keeps asking to turn off Hyper-V in an infinite loop, for a very basic empty application. I don't even have Hyper-V installed.

How do I proceed? Screenshot of Windows programs installed & Android Studio error

Answer 1

I was facing this issue too and it was because of VBS (virtualization based security) features in Windows. If Device Guard or Credential Guard are enabled on your machine, that machine is using Hyper-V's hypervisor. You can check it using System Information (msinfo32.exe).

Generally this is enabled via Group Policy. You will need to work with organization to opt out of those policies.