Windows 10: Upgrade to WSL 2

Discus and support Upgrade to WSL 2 in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; I installed WSL using `wsl --install`. It installed WSL 1 not 2. In the meantime I loaded Ubuntu and made several customizations there. Can I upgrade... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by OS-50101, Nov 4, 2022.

  1. OS-50101
    OS-50101 Win User

    Upgrade to WSL 2


    I installed WSL using `wsl --install`. It installed WSL 1 not 2. In the meantime I loaded Ubuntu and made several customizations there. Can I upgrade to WSL 2 and preserve this Ubuntu dstribution?

    :)
     
    OS-50101, Nov 4, 2022
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  2. LEGEND HUNTER 3
    Legend Hunter 3 Win User

    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, Nov 4, 2022
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  3. NICKJP
    NickJP Win User
    Cannot upgrade installed distros in WSL to version 2

    After installing the Win10 2004 build 19041 update (running winver shows "version 2004 (OS build 19041.388)", I've tried to upgrade a couple of installed distros I had in WSL version 1 to WSL version 2 following the instructions at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win.../install-win10. All the steps in the instructions compete successfully, up to the point where I try to change the WSL version of one of the installed distros to 2 at which point I see the messages below:

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    I have enabled the Virtual Machine Platform feature (it shows as on with a tick against it in Control Panel Windows features), Intel-vt virtualization is enabled in the BIOS, and running msinfo32 shows, at the bottom of the system summary listing:

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    I also tried installing another distro with the WSL default version set to 2, but attempting to launch it shows the error:

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    Any suggestions on how to get around this problem? From what I've read, WSL2 gives worthwhile speed increases over WSL1, and so is worth using if I can get it to work.
     
    NickJP, Nov 4, 2022
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  4. SWARFEGA
    swarfega Win User

    Upgrade to WSL 2

    swarfega, Nov 4, 2022
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