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Add the following line of Python code to you dot files, like .profile, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .zshrc, etc.

python -c 'import subprocess as sp; p=sp.Popen(["/mnt/c/Program Files/VcXsrv/vcxsrv.exe", ":0", "-ac", "-terminate", "-lesspointer", "-multiwindow", "-clipboard", "-wgl", "-silent-dup-error"])' 2>/dev/null
  • VcXsrv.exe is assumed to be installed in C:\Porgam Files. Change it if it is not the case.
  • For safety, I am using Python 2 here. Feel free to change it to Python 3.
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