How to Create A. Wslconfig File?
I Have Installed Wsl2 on My Windows 10, but I Would Like to Set up A. Wslconfig File in My C: \Users\Username Folder, with the Following Instructions: [Wsl2]...
I have installed WSL2 on my Windows 10, but I would like to set up a .wslconfig file in my C:\Users\username folder, with the following instructions:
[wsl2] localhostForwarding=true
I have tried to create a notepad, putting the above in and saving the file as .wslconfig. However, it is still being read as a .txt file rather than .wslconfig. This was the instruction on how to create a .wslconfig file that I read online.
I added a .ini extension, doesn't seem to be detected.
I have tried to find what the error might be. I looked at I am build 19043
2 Answers
I just set up a .wslconfig file on my machine.
As an administrator (probably not needed though), I created the file c:\Users\damie\.wslconfig with the following contents:
[wsl2]
memory=20GB # Limits VM memory in WSL 2
processors=4 # Makes the WSL 2 VM use 4 virtual processors
localhostForwarding=true # Boolean specifying if ports bound to wildcard or localhost in the WSL 2 VM should be connectable from the host via localhost:port.
After saving, I opened an administrator level powershell windows and executed:
Restart-Service LxssManager
This worked for me.
Open command prompt in Admin mode run the command as
notepad "C:\Users<user>.wslconfig"
It will pop up the notepad and show Do you want create new file Click yes and close the file
U can able to see the file in the respective location
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