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Windows Installation Guide

Supported versions

The following Windows versions are supported:

  • Windows 11
  • Windows 10

Genymotion Desktop is only available for Windows 64-bit (x86_64) for the moment; arm64 will be available in the future.

There are compatibility issues with Intel integrated GPUs on Windows systems.

Hypervisor

3.3.0

Genymotion Desktop requires an hypervisor to run the Android system. It is possible to use either VirtualBox or QEMU as hypervisor.

VirtualBox needs to be installed alongside Genymotion Desktop, but to make things easier, it is included with our full installer for Windows from our website .

If you choose to only install Genymotion, but still wish to use VirtualBox hypervisor, you must install it separately before running Genymotion.

If you choose QEMU hypervisor, there is nothing to install but you need to make sure that Hyper-V is enabled:

  1. Search for "Turn Windows Features on or off" using Windows Search or Cortana and pick same from search results.

  2. In the Turn Windows Features on or off window, verify that all the Hyper-V options - Hyper-V Management Tools and Hyper-V Platform - are enabled. If not, check them all and click OK to apply the changes:

    Hyper-V

  3. Reboot your PC when prompted.

QEMU requires Hyper-V, but it is not available with Windows Home edition by default. We recommend using VirtualBox hypervisor with this version.

However, if you still wish to use QEMU, you will need to install Hyper-V manually. You can refer to this article for more details.

Make sure to backup your Windows system before installing Hyper-V manually!

Genymotion Desktop Installation

  1. Run Genymotion installer for Windows: genymotion-X.Y.Z-vbox.exe (or genymotion-X.Y.Z.exe if you wish to upgrade or install Genymotion without VirtualBox).
  2. Select the setup language and click OK. By default, the Genymotion language corresponds to your system language. The Genymotion setup wizard opens. Click Next.
  3. Select the destination folder by clicking Browse. The default destination folder is C:\Program Files\Genymobile\Genymotion. Then click Next.
  4. Select the start menu folder by clicking Browse or check Don't create a Start menu folder and click Next.
  5. Select whether or not to create a desktop icon and click Next.
  6. Click Install.
  7. Select Restart now and click Finish to reboot your PC.