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Cannot launch on Windows Server 2025 - Hyper V installed but not found

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Description

**Describe the bug**
After Installing Multipass on Server 2025 Datacenter you cannot run `multipass launch` with out getting the following error message

> launch failed: The Hyper-V Hypervisor is disabled. Please enable by using the following
> command in an Administrator Powershell and reboot
> Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-Hypervisor

In my case Hyper-V is running and installed and I have a Default Switch configured.

**To Reproduce**
How, and what happened?
1. Run `multipass launch --name Something`
2. Get
`launch failed: The Hyper-V Hypervisor is disabled. Please enable by using the following
command in an Administrator Powershell and reboot:
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-Hypervisor`

**Expected behavior**
A new instance to be launched.

**Logs**

[Multipass Export.txt](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/18420947/Multipass.Export.txt)

**Additional info**
- OS: Windows Server 2025 Datacenter
- multipass 1.15.0+win
multipassd 1.15.0+win
- No Instances Found
- `hyperv`

**Additional context**
Add any other context about the problem here.

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Research direction

Reproduce `multipass launch --name Something` on Windows Server 2025 Datacenter with Hyper-V enabled, then inspect the attached `Multipass Export.txt` and the Hyper-V detection path. Done means Multipass recognizes the installed Hyper-V hypervisor and launches a new instance without the disabled-hypervisor error.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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