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Allow WSL container

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This policy controls whether WSL container can be used on this machine. When enabled or not configured, users and Windows applications can run Linux containers via WSL. When set to disabled, WSL container is blocked for all users and Windows apps cannot run Linux containers. Warning: Setting this to 'Disabled' can break Windows apps that depend on Linux containers.

Policy Details

Policy Name
AllowWSLContainer
Registry Key
Software\Policies\WSL
Value Name
AllowWSLContainer
Supported On
windows:SUPPORTED_Windows10
Policy State Values
Enabled: 1
Disabled: 0
Available Languages
en-us