VBS Script to Check if vcxsrv.exe Is Running and Launch Terminator through WSL 2

startTerminator.vbs

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

Set objShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
If NOT IsProcessRunning("vcxsrv.exe") Then
	objShell.Popup "We will launch vcxsrv.exe first!", 1, "VcXSrv is not running", 64 
	objShell.Exec("C:\Program Files\VcXsrv\vcxsrv.exe :0 -ac -terminate -lesspointer -multiwindow -clipboard -wgl")
End If
args = "-c " & """DISPLAY=$(cat /etc/resolv.conf | grep name | cut -d' ' -f2):0 terminator"""
WScript.CreateObject("Shell.Application").ShellExecute "bash", args, "", "open", 0

You don't have to launch vcxsrv.exe manually with this script.

A message box will pop up and auto close in 1s if vcxsrv is not running. You can get rid of this by commenting out the objShell.Popup line.

Update for WSL 2, but I'm not sure if it's compatible with WSL 1 or not. Gonna test it out tonight.