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Byron Boudreaux
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Nov 24, 2020

WSL 2 not working after installing 20262

Just getting involved with Insider Preview...upgraded 2019 Datacenter (latest official release) to 20262. After the upgrade, downloaded and ran the Linux Kernel update package. When running WSL comma...
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tbertenshaw
Copper Contributor
Mar 05, 2021

LubomirH would be nice if someone at MS just explained the situation. i.e. we don't plan to introduce until after GA or its still being planned or its unsupported at the moment but you can fudge it by X etc. 

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LubomirH
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Apr 02, 2021

If anybody hoped it is fixed in the build 20324, rest assured it isn't. :cry:

The command

PS C:\Users\Administrator> wsl --set-default-version 2

still just outputs the same as the command bellow

wsl --help

and doesn't switch to mode 2

PS C:\Users\Administrator> wsl --status
Default Version: 1

Windows Subsystem for Linux was last updated on 4/2/2021
The Windows Subsystem for Linux kernel can be manually updated with 'wsl --update', but automatic updates cannot occur due to your system settings.
To receive automatic kernel updates, please enable the Windows Update setting: 'Receive updates for other Microsoft products when you update Windows'.
For more information please visit https://aka.ms/wsl2kernel.

Kernel version: 5.4.72

  

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