Install Ubuntu

Install for the first time

wsl --install -d Ubuntu

We can see the installed wsl instances with

wsl --list --verbose

To shutdown wsl

wsl --shutdown

and start again

Restart-Service LxssManager

To stop just a single instance

wsl --terminate Ubuntu

To uninstall Ubuntu

wsl --unregister Ubuntu

To backup an instance

wsl --export Ubuntu ubuntu-backup.tar

and restore an instance

wsl --import Ubuntu C:\WSL\Ubuntu ubuntu-backup.tar

To run a particular wsl instance

wsl -d Ubuntu

And to make it default

wsl --set-default Ubuntu

To map Ubuntu as a network drive:

\\wsl$\Ubuntu

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