Enable WSL2 and Virtual Machine Platform

Open PowerShell as Administrator

1. Press the Windows key and type PowerShell
2. Right-click Windows PowerShell (or Terminal (Admin)) → Run as administrator
3. If User Account Control appears, click Yes
4. Confirm the window title bar says Administrator — commands will not work correctly in a standard (non-admin) window

Enable Required Windows Features

Copy and paste both commands into the elevated PowerShell window:

# Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart

# Enable Virtual Machine Platform
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart

Expected: Each command prints The operation completed successfully.

If you see an error about the feature not being found, confirm you are on Windows 10 build 19041+ or Windows 11.