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Launch WSL2 on Windows startup (No login required)
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  1. You need to install and configure WSL2 properly before proceed. Assume the distro name is Ubuntu.
  2. Create a task that runs on startup. Replace and with the owner of the WSL2 distro. (Note that WSL2 distro is per-user based, not system-wide.)
schtasks /create /tn "WSLKeepAlive" /tr "wsl -d Ubuntu sleep infinity" /sc ONSTART /ru <USERNAME> /rp <PASSWORD>
  1. Run this task now to start WSL2:
schtasks /run /tn "WSLKeepAlive"
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