Install xfce on WSL2 Ubuntu

sudo apt update && sudo apt -y upgrade
sudo apt-get purge xrdp
# install xfce
sudo apt-get install -y xfce4 xfce4-goodies
# install xrdp
sudo apt-get install xrdp
sudo cp /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini.bak
sudo sed -i 's/3389/3390/g' /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini
sudo sed -i 's/max_bpp=32/#max_bpp=32\nmax_bpp=128/g' /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini
sudo sed -i 's/xserverbpp=24/#xserverbpp=24\nxserverbpp=128/g' /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini
echo xfce4-session > ~/.xsession
#enable dbus
sudo systemctl enable dbus
sudo /etc/init.d/dbus start
sudo /etc/init.d/xrdp start
# check xrdp status
sudo /etc/init.d/xrdp status
It is currently works with the remote desktop app mstsc.exe, not the rdp app from Microsoft Store.

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