Windows 10: "Remote Desktop Connection Usage" pops up everytime I start WSL.

I'm recreating this question based on another user since the thread was locked and did not allow me to provide a possible solution.Some users experience an annoying "Remote Desktop Connection Usage" popup every time they launch the WSL Windows Sub-system for Linux.The solution I found online that solved this issue for me, was to create a file named .wslconfig in my user profile directory with the following entries:[wsl2]guiapplications=falseIf I understood the issue correctly, the Linux distro I'm launching is command line only, without a graphics manager. As a result, the MSTSC application

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"Remote Desktop Connection Usage" pops up everytime I start WSL.

Hi,

I recently installed WSL with ubuntu distro. When I started it, i got this popup (screenshot attached) about some remote desktop connection. I read it and wanted to close it. So I clicked on "OK". But it reappeared after 2 secs. and would not go away no matter how many times i close it.





This just keeps popping up so long I have WSL running. As soon as i shut WSL down, and click on OK it doesn't appear anymore till I restart WSL.

Any help as to why this is happening and how to stop this from happening will be greatly appreciated.

P.S: I already tried updating WSL kernel but it didn't help.

Thanks in advance.

 

"Remote Desktop Connection Usage" pops up everytime I start WSL.

I'm recreating this question based on another user since the thread was locked and did not allow me to provide a possible solution.

Some users experience an annoying "Remote Desktop Connection Usage" popup every time they launch the WSL (Windows Sub-system for Linux).

The solution I found online that solved this issue for me, was to create a file named .wslconfig in my user profile directory with the following entries:

[wsl2]
guiapplications=false

If I understood the issue correctly, the Linux distro I'm launching is command line only, without a graphics manager. As a result, the MSTSC application is launched with a command line intended to connect/bind to a graphics manager endpoint that does not exist. By letting WSL know that you don't need the graphics portion of the system, it seems to stop trying to bind to it.

You may be asking how did this start, since it was not default behavior. In my case, I relocated my default user data folder (where all the windows user profiles are located) to another location. I'm guessing that there must have been an original file called .wslconfig that was not migrated and is not recreated for some reason even with reinstalling WSL.

Hope this helps!

 

"Remote Desktop Connection Usage" pops up everytime I start WSL.

Hello Jyotirmay Kumar Jha,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

I know you've had some trouble starting WSL, which does affect usage, and I sympathize with you.

However, the issues on WSL is out of reach of the response support community. It is more suitable for publishing on Microsoft Learn (English only). Here is a link to the forum, you can click on "Ask a question", there are experts who can provide more professional solutions in that place.

If there is anything not clear, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Best Regards,

Lenka-MSFT| Microsoft Community Support Specialist