Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) code example

Example 1: windows features windows subsystem for linux not

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

Example 2: wsl2 windows 10

//Enable WSL 2 on windows 10 - Run these from an admin powershell
//Enable Microsoft Hyper V first
DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /All /FeatureName:Microsoft-Hyper-V
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto
wsl.exe --set-version Ubuntu 2

"The Hyper-V feature is not required, but Virtual Machine Platform (which includes the Hyper-V hypervisor) is required"

Example 3: switch installed linx to wsl2

wsl.exe --set-version Ubuntu 2

Example 4: powershell set wsl 2

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart

Example 5: powershell set wsl 2

wsl --list --verbose

Example 6: wsl-2

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