# "turning on required windows features" Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on Windows 10
**URL:** https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381
**Category:** Installation
**Created:** [February 16, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381 "2021-02-16T16:29:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Lolly](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Lolly)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381/1 "2021-02-16T16:29:24Z")
Hello all,
devkinsta ran without any problems for me until now. Today an update was displayed, which I ran. After that devkinsta always hangs during the installation. after the following step “turning on required windows features”, it is written that I should restart the pc. after that nothing happens. it is always again the display when running through that the pc should be restarted. i have already deleted the docker and also uninstalled the tool once and tried to reinstall. with the same result. What is the reason for this? What can it be all of a sudden?
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### Author:  [@michael](https://community.kinsta.com/u/michael)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381/2 "2021-02-16T17:21:25Z")
Hi @Lolly ! Welcome to DevKinsta.
I’m sorry for the trouble. It sounds like there may be a bug here we need to take a closer look at. Could you try following this guide on [**How to install Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on Windows 10**](https://www.windowscentral.com/install-windows-subsystem-linux-windows-10) and let me know if that helps?
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### Author:  [@Lolly](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Lolly)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381/3 "2021-02-16T17:36:28Z")
Hey @michael
the checkbox is already checked.
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### Author:  [@Lolly](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Lolly)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381/4 "2021-02-17T08:47:14Z")
Any news? 🙂
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### Author:  [@rafu](https://community.kinsta.com/u/rafu)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381/5 "2021-02-17T13:14:01Z")
Hi there,
got the same problem over here. Linux subsystem is already installed…
Is there an update on this?
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### Author:  [@Lolly](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Lolly)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381/6 "2021-02-17T13:15:20Z")
great that iam not alone with this problem.
So it is not my fault. It is a software bug in update.
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### Author:  [@michael](https://community.kinsta.com/u/michael)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381/7 "2021-02-17T16:09:23Z")
Hi @Lolly . I’m sorry for the wait here. Could you also enable “Virtual Machine Platform” in the same dialog box from earlier?
Welcome @rafu! Let me know if enabling “Virtual Machine Platform” works for you as well.
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### Author:  [@Lolly](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Lolly)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381/8 "2021-02-17T16:29:40Z")
Hey @michael ,
as i wrote the software was running until the update. The basic settings are therefore all correct and have not been changed. This can be excluded. There must be a bug in the update and in the installation file. can you provide me with the old one?
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### Author:  [@Lolly](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Lolly)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381/9 "2021-02-17T19:06:17Z")
@michael ? Is is possible to send me the old installer ?
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### Author:  [@Lolly](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Lolly)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381/10 "2021-02-18T21:06:18Z")
I would have liked to continue working with devkinsta, but it doesn’t make sense this way.
The old installation file would have really helped me a lot.
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### Author:  [@michael](https://community.kinsta.com/u/michael)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381/11 "2021-02-19T00:55:36Z")
Hi @Lolly . I’m very sorry for the issues here. What version of Windows do you have? [Could you review the requirements for WSL and let me know if your system meets those](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10#step-2---check-requirements-for-running-wsl-2)? I’m afraid we won’t be able to provide an older version here but hope we can get this solved for you on our latest!
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### Author:  [@Lolly](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Lolly)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2021, 8:36am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381/12 "2021-02-19T08:36:38Z")
Requirements are checked and everything passed.
Windows specifications:
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### Author:  [@BenSlite](https://community.kinsta.com/u/BenSlite)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381/13 "2021-02-19T12:00:33Z")
I am experiencing the same issues.
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### Author:  [@dev.dnaiel](https://community.kinsta.com/u/dev.dnaiel)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2021, 9:21am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381/14 "2021-02-21T09:21:16Z")
I am also experiencing this issue…
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### Author:  [@Lolly](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Lolly)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2021, 9:01am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381/15 "2021-02-22T09:01:50Z")
and still no fix since one week.
I move back to flywheel.
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### Author:  [@michael](https://community.kinsta.com/u/michael)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381/16 "2021-02-22T16:07:10Z")
I’m sorry for the trouble @Lolly . We’re working on a fix. I’ll update the thread here once we have something.
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### Author:  [@Catherine\_Chang](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Catherine_Chang)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 8:00am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381/17 "2021-02-23T08:00:37Z")
Same issue here, would love to have the previous version without that problem.
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### Author:  [@michael](https://community.kinsta.com/u/michael)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381/18 "2021-02-24T15:08:53Z")
Hi everyone. We released **v1.0.3** today that resolves this issue. If you’re experiencing this issue, please [re-download DevKinsta here](https://kinsta.com/devkinsta/) as the auto-update may not work for you. Thank you so much and please do report if things are going well for you!
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### Author:  [@Catherine\_Chang](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Catherine_Chang)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381/19 "2021-02-24T16:39:20Z")
Sorry Michael, i have a stupid question for sur but, i had reinstalled DevKinsta and it seems to work but, i dont know how to reload my previous site on my local machine. Only option i got on the devKinsta window is “New Site Wordpress”, “Import from Kinsta” and “Personalised Site”. Could you help me please.
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### Author:  [@michael](https://community.kinsta.com/u/michael)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/turning-on-required-windows-features-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-on-windows-10/381/20 "2021-02-24T22:16:39Z")
> [@Catherine\_Chang](#):
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> i dont know how to reload my previous site on my local machine
Happy to help! Could you confirm that the previous site on your local machine was also on DevKinsta? Was the other version perhaps uninstalled along with Docker prior to reinstalling the newer version? I’m sorry for the trouble here!
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