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February 24, 2025

Useful Commands for Windows Subsystem for Linux

wsl -l -v

Check current WSL version in use

wsl -–set-default-version 1

Set default WSL version. Currently 1 or 2.

wsl -–set-version Ubuntu-20.04 2

Convert WSL version to version 2 where Ubuntu-20.04 is the name of the distribution.

wsl -l -o

List distributions available for install.

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These posts are notes for me. These are not guides and you should not use these instructions as step-by-step instructions without knowing what they do.

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