Enable or Disable Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL in Windows 10  

Brink said:

Correct. :)

ok thank Brink have a safe holiday season my friend.

coool its installing it now :) is there any updates i need to do to it Brink onse its done d-loading and installing?.

got it all setup now had some issue with the password but did some resarch reset it to root and reset the account and now its all working :)

For those who want a “no-running-around” method,

Code:

'AllowAllTrustedApps', 'AllowDevelopmentWithoutDevLicense' | %{Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModelUnlock' -Name $_ -Type DWord -Value 1}

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

Restart-Computer

bash

Thanks Swarfega.


Some more info here:

How do I update Bash on Ubuntu on Windows?
There are two components of Bash on Ubuntu on Windows that can require updating.

1. The Windows Subsystem for Linux
   
   Upgrading this portion of Bash on Ubuntu on Windows will enable any new fixes outlines in the release notes. Ensure that you are subscribed to the Windows Insider Program and that your build is up to date. For finer grain control including resetting your Ubuntu instance check out the command reference page.

1. The Ubuntu user binaries
   
   Upgrading this portion of Bash on Ubuntu on Windows will install any updates to the Ubuntu user binaries including applications that you have installed via apt-get. To update run the following commands in Bash:
   
   
   1. apt-get update
   2. apt-get upgrade