Hyper-v does not have any gallery images in the Quick Create Menu

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Hyper-v does not have any gallery images in the Quick Create Menu

Navi Suresh 0

Hello!

I'm having several problems with Hyper-V and hope someone here can help!

Issue #1: I do not see any pre-loaded images in the Quick Create Menu.

1- I don;t see any images in the gallery

2- Following the instructions to set a custom gallery, I found that there is no GalleryLocations registry key. So, I created one linking to https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=851584

3- Saved, restarted, and re-opened Hyper-V, but still don't see any gallery items

Issue #2: Since I don't see any gallery items, I downloaded an Ubuntu ISO image file to create a VM, and am able to successfully create it. However, after connecting, I just see a blank black screen.

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Hello Navi, I am Henry and I want to help you with your issues.

The GalleryLocations value must be a String Value (REG_SZ), not a Multi-String Value (REG_MULTI_SZ) as shown in your image. The system only reads REG_SZ for this specific setting.

Open Registry Editor (regedit) again and navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Virtualization
Delete the GalleryLocations Multi-String value you created.
Right-click in the empty space, select New -> String Value.
Name the new value GalleryLocations.
Double-click it and set its Value data to the URL: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=851584
Close and re-open the Hyper-V Manager. The Quick Create gallery should now populate.

Issue 2: Have you attempted to disable Secure Boot for the Linux VM?

Please let me know how it performs.

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