Powershell script to make WSL start at boot

make_task.ps1

$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"

$principal = aNew-ScheduledTaskPrincipal `
    -UserId "$env:USERDOMAIN\$env:USERNAME" `
    -LogonType S4U `
    -RunLevel Limited `
    -ThrottleLimit 1

$settings = New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet `
    -MultipleInstances IgnoreNew `
    -AllowStartIfOnBatteries `
    -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries `
    -StartWhenAvailable `
    -DontStopOnIdleEnd `
    -ExecutionTimeLimit (New-TimeSpan -Hours 1) `
    -Priority 7 `
    -RestartInterval (New-TimeSpan -Minutes 5) `
    -RestartCount 3

$trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtStartup

$distro=(wsl --list | ForEach-Object { ($_ -replace "`0", "").trim() } |
         where {$_ -match "(?i)[(]default[)]$"} |
         ForEach-Object {$_  -replace "(?i)[ (]default[)]$", ""})

if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($distro)) {
    Write-Error "No WSL default distro was detected."
}

$action = New-ScheduledTaskAction `
    -ThrottleLimit 1 `
    -Execute "wsl.exe" `
    -Argument "--distribution $distro sleep 0" `
    -Id "Launch WSL by running a no-op command"

$result = Register-ScheduledTask `
    -Force `
    -TaskName "StartWSL" `
    -Description "Start WSL on system boot" `
    -Trigger $trigger `
    -Principal $principal `
    -Action $action `
    -Settings $settings