Windows 10: Can't find wsl.exe

Discus and support Can't find wsl.exe in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Hello. I'm trying to install WSL for windows but when I use wsl.exe --install CMD or powershell can't find the command and yes I did it with admin... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by lidistat67, Mar 9, 2021.

  1. Can't find wsl.exe


    Hello. I'm trying to install WSL for windows but when I use wsl.exe --install CMD or powershell can't find the command and yes I did it with admin privileges but still. I have windows insider beta build 21H1 19043.844 but I still get the error.

    :)
     
    lidistat67, Mar 9, 2021
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  2. WSL

    Version 2 of WSL uses a new lightweight utility virtual machine capability. To enable the lightweight virtual machine and WSL, you need to enable two Windows features: Virtual Machine Platform and Windows Subsystem for Linux.

    To enable these features via the user interface (UI), press the Windows key and enter Windows Features, then click on Turn Windows features on or off.
    When the Windows Features dialog appears, check the boxes for Virtual Machine Platform and Windows Subsystem for Linux.




    If you want to make version 2 the default for any Linux distros you install then run the following command:


    Code:
    Now you can install Linux distro from Microsoft Store it will be running version 2 of WSL.

    A distro can be converted between versions of WSL after installation. To achieve this, you use the wsl --set-version command.

    This command takes two arguments:

    • The name of the distro to update
    • The version to convert it to

    An example of converting the Ubuntu distro to version 2 is shown here:

    Code:
    Execute wsl --list --verbose versions of WSL installed distro.
     
    FreeBooter, Mar 9, 2021
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  3. WSL in windows Store

    Actually, this is a consumer-oriented forum for general Windows 10 questions.

    As WSL concerns mostly developers and Enterprise, I suggest asking there.
     
    Sumit Dhiman2, Mar 9, 2021
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  4. Can't find wsl.exe

    WSL 2

    I want to make use of WSL 2 feature with the new update of Windows version 2004 , in order to use WSL 2 i need to enable Virtualization in my pc bios settings. So when i enable virtualization my windows starts lagging and all the animations of scrolling
    etc etc lags...Please suggest me something to fix that so that i could use the new virtualization feature.
     
    Legend Hunter 3, Mar 9, 2021
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