

After that enter the username and password that you want to use with Ubuntu 20.04 WSL app. It will start installing itself, thus wait for a few minutes. Now, go to search and type- Ubuntu, when its icon appears, click to run the same. Alternatively, you can use the command in Windows Terminal (admin)- dism.exe /online / enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart After that paste the below command: wsl -set-default-version 1įor WSL version 2- If you are not using Virtualbox or Vmware then to run WSL 2 and Linux GUI apps on Win 11 you need to enable VMP features from – Turn windows features on or off ⇒ check “Virtual Machine Platform” option and hit the OK button. Hence,įor WSL version 1- If you want WSL 1, then right-click on Windows 11 start button and select “ Windows Terminal (Admin)“.

Here is the important thing by default the WSL will be version 2 on Windows 11 that requires enabling of “ Virtual Machine Platform” however after turning it ON, you will not be able to use Vmware Player or VirtualBox on your Windows 11 system.
