[wsl2]
vmIdleTimeout=-1

in %userprofile%/.wslconfig

I actually now found a command that starts WSL 2 VM, exits, and WSL 2 VM and instance are left running:

This next command keeps it running in the background

wsl --exec dbus-launch true && wsl

May need to run docker on windows to keep alive

guido@farty:~$ sudo pro attach C13CjT3FEPjYJp8iAVnY3oWh9gUvED Enabling Ubuntu Pro: ESM Apps Ubuntu Pro: ESM Apps enabled Enabling Ubuntu Pro: ESM Infra Ubuntu Pro: ESM Infra enabled This machine is now attached to ‘Ubuntu Pro - free personal subscription’

SERVICE ENTITLED STATUS DESCRIPTION anbox-cloud yes disabled Scalable Android in the cloud esm-apps yes enabled Expanded Security Maintenance for Applications esm-infra yes enabled Expanded Security Maintenance for Infrastructure landscape yes disabled Management and administration tool for Ubuntu

NOTICES Operation in progress: pro attach

For a list of all Ubuntu Pro services, run ‘pro status –all’ Enable services with: pro enable

 Account: 2guido@gmail.com Subscription: Ubuntu Pro - free personal subscription

syslog complains about /mnt/c/user/user/.ubuntupro/.address I unistalled guido@farty:~$ sudo apt remove wsl-pro-service Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree… Done Reading state information… Done The following packages will be REMOVED: wsl-pro-service 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 102 not upgraded. After this operation, 12.9 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database … 43942 files and directories currently installed.) Removing wsl-pro-service (0.1.4) …

This below seems to work. Run this vbs script on windows startup. Just put it in the windows startup folder (crl+r -> shell:startup)

wsl-startup.vbs:

```# change ‘' to the distro name you are using. set ws = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") ws.Run "wsl -d Ubuntu-24.04", 0, True

or put it here:
brita ralph@ARTY C:\Users\Brita Ralph\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup>more wsl-startup.vbs
set ws = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
ws.Run "wsl -d Ubuntu-24.04", 0, True


or this from another user:

Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objShell.Run "wsl.exe --distribution Ubuntu-24.04 --exec dbus-launch true", 0, True
objShell.Run "wsl.exe --distribution Ubuntu-24.04", 1, True

I also tried this as a startup file, but I don’t know if works as well: @echo off echo “Starting Ubuntu…” wsl -d Ubuntu-24.04 -u root service dbus start

REM Wait a bit to ensure WSL starts properly timeout /t 5

echo “Mounting drive…” %powershell -Command “Start-Process wsl -ArgumentList ‘–mount \\.\PhysicalDrive2 –partition 1’ -Verb runAs” wsl –mount .\PhysicalDrive2 –partition 1 echo “Done”