wsl2 on windows 10 code example

Example 1: update to wsl2

#enable wsl 
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
#make sure windows version is >=2004
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
#restart
wsl --set-default-version 2
#if kernal error https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-kernel

Example 2: How to Install WSL2

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
wsl --set-default-version 2

Example 3: switch installed linx to wsl2

wsl.exe --set-version Ubuntu 2

Example 4: enable wsl2

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart

Example 5: how to WSL2

Enable Windows Subsystem for linux: dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart

Enable Virtual Machine Platform: dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart

Download WSL2 kernel: https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/wsl_update_x64.msi

Set default WSL verison: wsl --set-default-version 2