You will not be able to use WSL without rebooting.
-### Switching Between WSL and WSL 2
+### How to Install Linux Bash
+
+You can download Linux from the Windows Store, or from the Command Line:
+
+```pwsh
+curl.exe -L -o Ubuntu_2004_x64.appx https://aka.ms/wslubuntu2004
+powershell Add-AppxPackage Ubuntu_2004_x64.appx
+```
+
+See also <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-manual>.
+
+### How to Switch Between WSL 1 and WSL 2
+
+Despite the name, WSL 2 is neither a "better" version of nor a replacement for
+WSL 1. Rather WSL 1 uses a syscall wrapper (much like WINE) whereas WSL 2 uses
+Hyper-V virtualization.
After rebooting you can set WSL 2 as the default:
wsl --set-version Ubuntu 2
```
+See also <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-index>.
+
### Raw PowerShell Install Commands
If you'd like to install manually, or create your own script, this is how we do
Copy-Item -Path "$env:TEMP\System32\lxss" -Destination "C:\System32" -Recurse
```
+See also <https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/5014>
+
### Nested VMs
WSL2 may not work properly if you are already running Windows inside of a
- https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/5014
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-index
- https://aka.ms/wsl2kernel
+- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-manual