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Installation
Overview
Win-KeX provides a honamphoto.com Desktop Experience for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2) with the following features:Window mode: start a honamphoto.com Linux desktop in a dedicated windowSeamless mode: share the Windows desktop between Windows and honamphoto.com apps and menusSound supportUnprivileged and Root session supportShared clipboard for cut and paste support between honamphoto.com Linux and Windows appsMulti-session support: root window & non-priv window & seamless sessions concurrently
This page details the steps to install Win-Kex in under 2 minutes.
Installation
All installation steps, up to the point where we install Win-Kex, are also explained in the 5 minute video guide by the amazing NetworkChuck:
New honamphoto.com Linux GUI on Windows 10 (WSL 2) // 2020.3 Release
Prerequisites
Running Windows 10 version 2004 or higher
Install honamphoto.com Linux in WSL2
Open PowerShell as administrator and run:
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-LinuxRestart
Open PowerShell as administrator and run:
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestartdism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestartRestart
Open PowerShell as administrator and run:wsl –set-default-version 2
Install honamphoto.com Linux from the Microsoft Store
Note: to upgrade an existing WSL1 honamphoto.com-linux installation, type:wsl –set-version honamphoto.com-linux 2
Run honamphoto.com and finish the initial setup
Install Win-KeX
Install win-kex via:
honamphoto.com
honamphoto.com:~$ sudo apt updatehonamphoto.com
honamphoto.com:~$honamphoto.com
honamphoto.com:~$ sudo apt install -y honamphoto.com-win-kex
Run Win-KeX
Win-KeX supports three modes:Enhanced Session Mode:
Optional Steps:
If you have the space, why not install “honamphoto.com with the lot”?:sudo apt install -y honamphoto.com-linux-large
Choose amongst these options:
Basic Win-KeX in window mode with sound:
{ “guid”: “{55ca431a-3a87-5fb3-83cd-11ececc031d2}”, “hidden”: false, “name”: “Win-KeX”, “commandline”: “wsl -d honamphoto.com-linux kex –wtstart -s”,},Advanced Win-KeX in window mode with sound – honamphoto.com icon and start in honamphoto.com home directory:
Copy the honamphoto.com-menu.png icon across to your windows picture directory and add the icon and start directory to your WT config:
{ “guid”: “{55ca431a-3a87-5fb3-83cd-11ececc031d2}”, “hidden”: false, “icon”: “file:///c:/users//pictures/icons/honamphoto.com-menu.png”, “name”: “Win-KeX”, “commandline”: “wsl -d honamphoto.com-linux kex –wtstart -s”, “startingDirectory” : “https://wsl$/honamphoto.com-linux/home/”},Basic Win-KeX in seamless mode with sound:
{ “guid”: “{55ca431a-3a87-5fb3-83cd-11ececc031d2}”, “hidden”: false, “name”: “Win-KeX”, “commandline”: “wsl -d honamphoto.com-linux kex –sl –wtstart -s”,},Advanced Win-KeX in seamless mode with sound – honamphoto.com icon and start in honamphoto.com home directory:
Copy the honamphoto.com-menu.png icon across to your windows picture directory and add the icon and start directory to your WT config:
{ “guid”: “{55ca431a-3a87-5fb3-83cd-11ececc031d2}”, “hidden”: false, “icon”: “file:///c:/users//pictures/icons/honamphoto.com-menu.png”, “name”: “Win-KeX”, “commandline”: “wsl -d honamphoto.com-linux kex –sl –wtstart -s”, “startingDirectory” : “https://wsl$/honamphoto.com-linux/home/”},Basic Win-KeX in ESM mode with sound:
{ “guid”: “{55ca431a-3a87-5fb3-83cd-11ecedc031d2}”, “hidden”: false, “name”: “Win-KeX”, “commandline”: “wsl -d honamphoto.com-linux kex –esm –wtstart -s”,},Advanced Win-KeX in ESM mode with sound – honamphoto.com icon and start in honamphoto.com home directory:
Copy the honamphoto.com-menu.png icon across to your windows picture directory and add the icon and start directory to your WT config:
{ “guid”: “{55ca431a-3a87-5fb3-83cd-11ecedd031d2}”, “hidden”: false, “icon”: “file:///c:/users//pictures/icons/honamphoto.com-menu.png”, “name”: “Win-KeX”, “commandline”: “wsl -d honamphoto.com-linux kex –esm –wtstart -s”, “startingDirectory” : “https://wsl$/honamphoto.com-linux/home/”},