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A while back I installed WSL by following the instructions here. I was under the impression that I was running WSL 2. However, when I launched code-insiders from the terminal (Ubuntu 20.04) today, I got a message saying that I'm running WSL 1 and strongly recommended that I upgrade. This was a surprise to me because I didn't think I was running WSL 1. Anyway, I opened a power shell (without admin) and ran wsl -l -v and confirmed that I was in fact running WSL 1.

So I followed the instructions in that link again and after all the installs I ran wsl --set-default-version 2 and was greeted with a "The operation completed successfully" message. However, even after this, when I check the version, I still see I'm running WSL 1 and code-insiders still has the same message about the WSL version. I'm not sure what's wrong here and any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

shaun
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    This is a Windows question. – ChanganAuto Aug 23 '21 at 16:32
  • I saw this https://askubuntu.com/q/1177729/193533 question here, so I posted mine. Where should I post this question then? – shaun Aug 23 '21 at 16:42
  • @ChanganAuto WSL is on-topic – Nmath Aug 23 '21 at 17:02
  • @Nmath is changing the WSL operating format on the Windows configuration side of things on topic though? While WSL itself and issues within WSL may be on topic, I'm not so sure about the windows configuration side of things. – Thomas Ward Aug 23 '21 at 17:03
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    @shaun Just because you set the default version to version 2 doesn't mean your WSL install has been converted to WSL 2 - you just changed the default for future WSL installs is all. Get your distro list with wsl --list --verbose in PowerShell on Windows host. Set the thing to WSL2 - wsl --set-version <Distro> 2 (replace Distro) – Thomas Ward Aug 23 '21 at 17:04
  • @ThomasWard While I fully agree that Super User would definitely be a better place for this, the problem (IMHO) is that (a) we can't expect the person asking the question to necessarily know if the problem is on the Ubuntu side, the Windows side, or a combination of both. (b) Often (not in this case) there is some Ubuntu-specific knowledge that will help. In this case, however, it's moot, because the answer is in the very question that the OP linked to in a comment, making it an obvious duplicate, IMHO. – NotTheDr01ds Aug 23 '21 at 20:02
  • @shaun Note that ThomasWard's solution in the comments above is 100% correct, but it's also the same as is listed in this answer of the question that you linked to in the comment above. Please make sure you read through the existing answers of similar questions before posting a duplicate! Thanks! – NotTheDr01ds Aug 23 '21 at 20:04
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    Does this answer your question? WSL: Am I running version 1 or version 2? – NotTheDr01ds Aug 23 '21 at 20:05
  • @ThomasWard your comment helped me resolve this issue. Thank you. – shaun Aug 23 '21 at 22:14
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    @NotTheDr01ds Apologies! I didn't scroll down far enough after the accepted answer. – shaun Aug 23 '21 at 22:15
  • @shaun No worries - Just go ahead and accept the suggestion and it should auto-close as a duplicate. Thanks! – NotTheDr01ds Aug 23 '21 at 22:47

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