Installing Windows-SubModule-Linux (WSL) manually on another drive

Install_Ubuntu_1804.ps1

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# Guide: Installing WSL manually on a non-system drive

## 1. Enable the WSL subsystem.
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

## 2. Create an installation directory

New-Item D:\Ubuntu -ItemType Directory
Set-Location D:\Ubuntu

## 3. Download a Linux distribution

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/wsl-ubuntu-1804 -OutFile Ubuntu.appx -UseBasicParsing

Rename-Item .\Ubuntu.appx Ubuntu.zip
Expand-Archive .\Ubuntu.zip -Verbose -DestinationPath .\

## 4. Install the Linux distribution
.\ubuntu1804.exe

## 5. Check Installation
wslconfig /list /all

Awesome!