VMware Workstation on Windows 10 - Unable to Launch VM

So upon recently being required to run Windows 10 at work, I have come across an issue running VMware Workstation due to Hyper-V being incorrectly identified.

Symptoms

Upon trying to launch a VM, you are greeted with one of the following messages:

• VMware Workstation and Hyper-V are not compatible. Remove the Hyper-V role from the system before running VMware Workstation.
• VMware Workstation and Device/Credential Guard are not compatible. VMware Workstation can be run after disabling Device/Credential Guard.

Investigation

Although none of these two features were technically enabled, VMware Workstation still seemed to be identifying that Hyper-V was running on the machine. Over the years, it seems that there have been a few fixes for this, however I tried quite a few of these before identifying the issue

Resolution

(You’ll need to be an administrator to run these commands)

1. Open Local Group Policy Editor (Run > gpedit.msc)
2. In Group Policy Editor, browse to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Device Guard
3. Open the Turn On Virtualizatio Based Security Policy
4. Set the setting to Disabled
5. Click OK to save
6. Open Powershell (Elevated)
7. Force any Hyper-V remnants
   • Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-All
8. Disable Hyper-V Boot Options
   • bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off
9. Reboot to apply settings

You’ll now be able to launch VMs successfully without any warning prompts from VMware