🚀 How to Enable WSL 2 on Windows 11 using Command Prompt & PowerShell | Windows Subsystem for Linux
In this video, we’ll guide you step-by-step through the process of enabling WSL 2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2) on your Windows 11 machine. Whether you're a developer 🖥️ or a system administrator ⚙️, learning how to enable WSL 2 will help you run Linux distributions natively in Windows! 🐧
Here's what we'll cover in this tutorial:
Enabling WSL 2 using CMD 📝
Enabling WSL 2 using PowerShell 💻
Setting WSL 2 as the default version 🔄
Why Virtual Machine Platform is required 🏗️
Restarting your machine and final setup 🔁
🔑 Key Commands Mentioned in the Video:
CMD Commands:
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
PowerShell Commands:
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux -All -NoRestart
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName VirtualMachinePlatform -All -NoRestart
wsl --set-default-version 2
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