Windows 10: How to create Hyper-V Virtual Machine Desktop Shortcut in Windows 11/10

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In this post, we show you how to create Hyper-V Virtual Machine Desktop Shortcut in Windows 11/10. With Hyper-V, PC users can create, configure and enable running virtualized computer systems on top of a physical host machine that supports virtualization. Virtualization enables quick deployment of computer systems, a way to quickly restore systems to a […]

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Create Shortcut of Hyper-V Virtual Machine in Windows


Another easy to follow tutorial @Kari*Biggrin

I not only successfully created my Ubuntu 15.10 shortcut, I was able to customize it for the OS it was for(in this case Wily Werewolf).
I went to Bing Images found me a small JPG image,
opened it in Paint,
and reduced the size, in this case to 256x149.

I then "saved as" PNG(to convert to ICO in next step, a must)
Then I went to ConvertICO.com - Convert PNG to ICO and ICO to PNG and converted it to ICO.

Then I saved it on my system where it will never be moved, in my case a Theming Stuff library I have created long ago.

Then I just went into the shortcuts properties, and changed the icon.

And the results marked in the red square:




The PNG version:




Additional Info: You can pin it to Start too....

 

How to use Windows 10's built in Hyper-V for creating Virtual Machines

Technical Level : Intermediate

Summary

Setup virtual machines using Windows 10's built in Virtual Machine software Hyper-V

Details

This article can now be found in its entirety at Groovypost.com

Setup a Virtual Machine with Windows 10 Hyper-V

Also see:

How to Use Hyper-V Quick Create in the Windows 10 Creator's Update

Thank you,

Andre

 

Where is the Hyper V Manager, How to I start it ?

I am trying to setup an XP virtual Machine on Windows 10 Pro.

I followed the steps in Neil Peterson article of 5/9/2016.

System Requirements - done - ok

Install Hyper-V - done - ok

Create a Virtual Switch - skip

Create a Virtual Machine

Create a Virtual Machine with Hyper-V Manager

These steps walk through how to manually create a virtual machine and deploy an operating system to this virtual machine.

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  In Hyper-V Manager, click Action > New >
  Virtual Machine to bring up the New
  

Uhhhhhhhhh - this step obviously implies one knows

1) Where the Hyper-V Manager is

2) How to start the Hyper-V Manager

Isn't that odd ?