As it turns out, Microsoft recently made the Windows Subsystem for Android available to the Insider Preview users which, much like the working of the Windows Subsystem for Linux, allows you to run Android apps natively on your computer. This means that you do not have to install a third party emulator on your system in order to play an Android game or use any other Android app on your computer.
Turn on Windows Virtual Machine Platform
As it turns out, the first thing that you should do when you encounter the error message in question is to make sure that you have the Virtual Machine Platform feature enabled on your computer. Windows has a bunch of optional features that come built-in that you can choose to install or turn on via the Windows Features window. While some of these features are enabled by default when you install Windows, most of them are not which is quite obvious because not everyone is going to need them. Thus, if you do need a specific feature, you will have to turn it on manually which is pretty convenient and easy to do. To do this, follow the instructions given down below:
Enable Virtualization from BIOS
In addition to turning on the Virtual Machine Platform feature on your computer, you will also have to enable virtualization from BIOS. Since you are going to run Android applications, virtualization is pretty important as it allows programs to emulate hardware which then enables it to run other operating systems like Android. If this case is applicable, you can enable virtualization pretty easily from the BIOS menu. The exact steps may vary a little depending on the manufacturer of your motherboard but the overall procedure remains the same. Follow the instructions down below to enable virtualization:
Enable Nested Virtualization
Finally, if you have installed Windows 11 in a virtual machine to use the Windows Subsystem for Android, you will need to enable nested virtualization for the virtual machine on the host. As apparent from the name itself, nested virtualization essentially allows you to run virtual machine instances inside a virtual machine. It is basically a virtualception. Now, the process of enabling nested virtualization may differ depending on the hypervisor that you are using. For VirtualBox and VMware, the procedure is pretty simple as you can find the option in the virtual machine settings. In case of VirtualBox, the option is called Nested VT-x/AMD-V while in case of VMware, you will be looking for nested virtualization. If you are using Hyper-V, you will have to take a command line approach but it is rather simple to do and you can find various guides on the internet. Once you have enabled nested virtualization, the error message should just go away.
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