

You can download the latest version here. Multipass also supports using VirtualBox as a virtualization provider. It’s due to the right version of Hyper-V only being available on those versions.

Only Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise, version 1803 (“April 2018 Update”) or later is currently supported. To get Multipass for Windows, download the latest installer from our GitHub releases page - it’s the. From this point forward, whenever you use the taskbar shortcut to launch PowerShell, it will always run with administrator privileges. Running PowerShell as administrator and then pinning the program to the taskbar will not do the trick.Installing Multipass for Windows Downloading Make sure you click ‘Apply’ on the Properties screen. Enable the ‘Run as administrator’ option here and click ‘Ok’. Click the ‘Advanced’ button at the bottom of this tab to open the Advanced Properties window. The properties window will open to the Shortcut tab by default.

On the jump list, right-click ‘Windows PowerShell’ again and select Properties. Once PowerShell has been pinned to the taskbar, right-click the icon to bring up the jump list for the program. Right-click it and select ‘Pin to taskbar’ from the context menu. Search for it via Windows search, find it in the All Apps list on the Start Menu, or ask Cortana to find it for you. If you prefer PowerShell over Command Prompt and want a quicker way to open it with admin rights, you can modify its taskbar shortcut to always run as an Administrator. Like it is with Command Prompt, you can run PowerShell as an ordinary user or as a user with administrator rights though there are few occasions when you need to use either of these tools without admin privileges. Not only does it come packaged with the operating system but you can also replace Command Prompt on the Power User menu with PowerShell. PowerShell is a default component in Windows 10.
