VBS Script to Launch Terminator through WSL

startTerminator.vbs

args = "-c" & " -l " & """DISPLAY=:0 terminator"""
WScript.CreateObject("Shell.Application").ShellExecute "bash", args, "", "open", 0

Hey, I forked your script and made it a tad better here!
Thanks for figuring out the VBS magic.
https://gist.github.com/nistath/a9236b737b15609bc0ea6e86fe3823df

Here is another improvement. Microsoft has recently introduced wsl.exe, which uses the default shell instead of always bash, and deprecated bash.exe. This version also defaults to ~ if no argument is provided.

https://gist.github.com/GregRos/6d4ad376cebe7ce1c9e52deaf90171d3

I created a version of my own, which quietly checks to see if vsxsrv is running (starts it if not), then opens a terminator window in WSL.
https://gist.github.com/avinoamsn/495db3729d6b24ec065a710250657c16

Hello, >here< is a combination of the previous solutions, adding also xServer quitting on terminator quit (if it is the only program for which xServer is needed...).
The argument check to pass it to "cd" is really nice, for example if you wish to >add terminator to the right click menu<, or launch it in IDEs embedding terminals

Regarding scale issues on high dpi screens.
After changing the DPI settings to 'application' in the properties of my xserver and editing GDK_SCALE in the bashrc, terminator scales correctly when opening it via cmd.

For some reason I could not get GDK_SCALE=2 in my ~/.bashrc to work when launching terminator via the scripts in this thread.
Based on the original script I changed the args to args = "-c" & " -l " & """GDK_SCALE=2 GDK_DPI_SCALE=0.8 DISPLAY=:0 terminator""". This fixes the scaling for me - but I'd rather have it work directly the ~/.bashrc. Does anybody have a prettier solution to High DPI screens using this script?

Hello, >here< is a combination of the previous solutions, adding also xServer quitting on terminator quit (if it is the only program for which xServer is needed...).
The argument check to pass it to "cd" is really nice, for example if you wish to >add terminator to the right click menu<, or launch it in IDEs embedding terminals

It would be nice mentioning that, for wsl2, you can use
shell.run "C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe bash -c ""cd " & cdPath & "; DISPLAY=$(awk '/nameserver / {print $2; exit}' /etc/resolv.conf 2>/dev/null):0 terminator""", 0, true
instead of
shell.run "C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe bash -c ""cd " & cdPath & "; DISPLAY=:0 terminator""", 0, true

@g-spacewhale I fixed the High DPI scaling issue in VcXsrv directly by setting the "High DPI scaling override" to "Application":

I created a version of my own, which quietly checks to see if vsxsrv is running (starts it if not), then opens a terminator window in WSL.
https://gist.github.com/avinoamsn/495db3729d6b24ec065a710250657c16

For WSL2 - Requires Shell nameserver IP address for DISPLAY

I have edited your script to work with WSL2. Please see below if you're using WSL2

' https://medium.com/@bhupathy/install-terminator-on-windows-with-wsl-2826591d2156
set shell = WScript.CreateObject("Shell.Application")

if not IsProcessRunning("vcxsrv.exe") then
shell.shellExecute "vcxsrv.exe", ":0 -ac -terminate -lesspointer -multiwindow -clipboard -wgl -dpi auto", "C:\Program Files\VcXsrv", "", 0
end if
' terminator.vbs
myCd = "~"
If WScript.Arguments.Length > 0 Then
myCd = "'$(wslpath -u '" & WScript.Arguments(0) & "')'"
End If
args = "bash" & " -c ""cd " & myCd & "; DISPLAY=$(cat /etc/resolv.conf | grep nameserver | awk '{print $2}'):0 terminator"""
WScript.CreateObject("Shell.Application").ShellExecute "C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe", args, "", "open", 0

' https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19794726/vb-script-how-to-tell-if-a-program-is-already-running
Function IsProcessRunning( strProcess )
Dim Process, strObject
IsProcessRunning = False
strObject = "winmgmts://."
For Each Process in GetObject( strObject ).InstancesOf( "win32_process" )
If UCase( Process.name ) = UCase( strProcess ) Then
IsProcessRunning = True
Exit Function
End If
Next
End Function