VMware: Virtualized AMD-V/RVI is not supported on this platform

Today I was setting up Cisco Modeling Labs on VMware Workstation Pro. While setting up the virtual machine I encountered the following error:

The first error says:

Virtualized AMD-V/RVI is not supported on this platform.

And the second says:

VMware Workstation does not support nested virtualization on this host. "
Module 'HV' power on failed.

Troubleshooting

Nested Virtualization must be enabled in the BIOS

Disabling Optional Features

Disabling Hyper V

In an elevated Command Prompt write this :

To disable:

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off
To enable:

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto 
Restart to take effect.

To en


bcedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature (DISM)
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Disable Hyper-V to run virtualization software - Windows Client
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