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wsl convert to wsl2

wsl --set-version <Distro> 2

# For setting all future distributions to use WSL 2
wsl --set-default-version 2

convert wsl to wsl2

wsl --set-version <distro_name> <version>
wsl --set-version Ubuntu-18.04 2
wsl --set-version Ubuntu-20.04 2

convert a wsl 1 distro to wsl 2

wsl --set-version <Distro> 2

convert wsl to wsl2

wsl --set-version <distro_name> <version>
wsl --set-version Ubuntu-18.04 2
wsl --set-version Ubuntu-20.04 2

convert wsl to wsl2

wsl --set-version <distro_name> <version>
wsl --set-version Ubuntu-18.04 2
wsl --set-version Ubuntu-20.04 2

WSL2 .wslconfig Windows

# turn off all wsl instances such as docker-desktop
wsl --shutdown
notepad "$env:USERPROFILE/.wslconfig"

# .wslconfig
[wsl2]
memory=3GB   # Limits VM memory in WSL 2 up to 3GB
processors=4 # Makes the WSL 2 VM use two virtual processors