Windows 10: WSL2 displaying error even though virtualization and virtual machine platform are enabled

Please enable the Virtual Machine Platform Windows feature and ensure virtualization is enabled in the BIOS.

For information please visit https://aka.ms/wsl2-install

That is what it says in my WSL Ubuntu shell. I have Ryzen 2700X and have enabled SVM in bios. Virtual Machine platform is also enabled in the windows features menu. How to I fix this?

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Virtual Machine Platform in Windows 10 update 1809

Yeah, I'm feeling this too right now. I'm a dev over in the GNU/Linux ecosystem and this is my first time using Windows really, and I see that there is WSL of course, but the I do a quick search for what the purpose of the Virtual Machine Platform is,
and now I see that it MAY be what I need to even be able to use Microsoft's updated WSL2. Is this correct or not? If I am trying to use Linux on Windows should I use the specific feature that says "WSL", or should I use the "Virtual Machine Platform"?

And you wonder why....nvmnd.

 

Virtual Machine Platform in Windows 10 update 1809

I really didn't expect to get a response to my question, to be honest. I thank you for clarifying a few things for me, and making me feel like its not just me being a "Linux Elitist".

I figured out how to use WSL, you know, enabling the feature then installing a distro, then launching... but I still don't understand what the feature "virtual machine platform" is... When with it disabled, I ca still run VM's. So is it for WSL2? Or what?

 

[Windows Features] Virtual Machine Platform

In what case would I need to install the Virtual Machine Platform (found in - Turn Windows features on or off)? What is it good for?