Nougat 64-bit and Android 11 availability
BlueStacks 5.22.288 onwards, Nougat 64-bit and Android 11 will no longer be available for creating new instances through the Multi-Instance Manager.
If you already have instances running either or both of these Android versions, you can continue using them after upgrading. Your existing instances and data will be preserved, and the steps in this article will continue to apply to your installed instances.
How will this help?
You can disable Hyper-V on Windows to use BlueStacks 5 Nougat 32-bit on version 5.14 and below by following the steps below:
NOTE: If you're facing a problem on BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit, Pie 64-bit or Android 11 on version 5.14 or below after updating Windows 11, simply right-click on the BlueStacks 5 icon and select "Run as administrator".
How can I do this?
⏩ STEP 1: Disable Hyper-V
You can disable Hyper-V in any of the following ways:
Download and run this custom .exe file. In the pop-up that appears asking you to restart your PC, click on "OK". Once your PC restarts, Hyper-V will be disabled and you can use BlueStacks 5.
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- Click on the "search" bar at the bottom and type "Command Prompt".
- From the search results, click on "Run as administrator".
- After the application opens, type the following command and press the Enter key.
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off - Upon the execution of this command, Hyper-V will be turned off.
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1. Go to Control Panel, select "Programs" and under "Programs and Features", click on "Turn Windows features on or off", as shown below.
2. You will now have to uncheck different Windows features for your Windows version. For Windows 8, uncheck the "Hyper-V" option, as shown below.
For Windows 10 or Windows 11, uncheck the following Windows Features that are present for your OS:
- Hyper V
- Windows Hypervisor Platform
- Windows Sandbox
- Virtual Machine Platform
- Windows Subsystem for Linux
NOTE: If "Virtual machine platform" and "Windows hypervisor platform" are not available in your Windows 10 edition, please click here.
3. After you've unchecked all the Windows features applicable, click on "OK". Windows will need to restart your desktop/laptop to apply the changes. Click on "Restart now" to proceed.
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⏩ STEP 2: Disable Memory Integrity
- In the Windows search bar, type "Core isolation" and press "Enter".
- In the Core isolation settings, turn off the Memory integrity.
If you do not wish to disable Memory integrity, you will have to continue using BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit, Pie 64-bit or Android 11 with Hyper-V enabled.Thank you for choosing BlueStacks. We hope you enjoy using it. Happy Gaming!