Don't be afraid of using it, I've used it several times through years. If clicking the link they provide takes you to another Bluestacks FAQs page always look for another link that will say 'Download and run this custom. I would add it is not a suggestion, it is a must if you want to succeed with this mishap. But if you want to run BlueStacks 5 Nougat 32-bit or Pie 64-bit versions in Windows 11 so you need to disable Hyper-V and as it doesn't appear in the 'Turn Windows features on or off' options, then what you should do is to use that tool suggested by moderators in previous comments. No, they are not the same thing, but when what you wanted to do was to enable Hyper-V and other Windows features ( Windows 10 and I think it applied to Windows 8 as well) for getting Bluestacks 5 version with support for Hyper- V to work properly, you were asked to enable 5 features in there: Hyper-V, Windows Hyperversor Platform, Windows Sandbox, Virtual Machine Platform and Windows Subsytem for Linux. In case you are still unable to get to your favorite Android game after this, please feel free to reach out to us at [ or submit a problem report. For example, you'll see '5.9.300 N32' on the top left on a Nougat 32-bit instance of BlueStacks version 5.9.300. NOTE: Take a look at the top-left corner of BlueStacks to find the Android version of your instance.

Right-click on the BlueStacks 5 icon on your desktop/laptop.

Once the process is complete, click on 'OK' to restart your PC so the changes can be applied.įor more information and alternative ways to disable Hyper-V, you can also refer to this article.

Disable Hyper-V by downloading and running our custom tool in this article.

If you're on a Nougat 32-bit/Pie 64-bit instance: For example, you may see an 'Incompatible Windows settings' error message. If you're not able to use BlueStacks 5 after updating Windows 11, this can be caused by a Hyper-V configuration on your system.

How to run hyper v and bluestacks