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Claude Desktop Silently Spawns 1.8 GB Hyper-V VM on Every Windows Launch

June 10, 2026

Claude Desktop on Windows 11 creates a 1.8 GB Hyper-V virtual machine on every launch, including chat-only sessions with no code execution, with no documented way to disable it. The issue is confirmed on systems with VirtualMachinePlatform enabled and affects users without Docker or WSL active.

HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU

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builderIf you're deploying or recommending Claude Desktop to Windows users, this undisclosed VM behavior will hit machines with limited RAM and may violate enterprise VM policies.

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founderSilent resource consumption of this scale on Windows is a friction point for enterprise adoption of Claude Desktop that Anthropic will need to address publicly.

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