Now why would we install Win-KeX instead of XFCE which is default desktop environment for Kali Linux? Because “Win-KeX” offers a Kali Desktop Experience for WSL2 which is tightly integrated with Windows.

But instead of installing XFCE desktop environment, we will install Kali Desktop Experience for Windows (aka Win-KeX). The sudo apt update & sudo apt install kali-desktop-xfce -y command will do that.

We can run commands in terminal to convert it into full GUI. Now that we have a mimimal Kali install running in a terminal.So you can browse and seamlessly transfer the files across Windows and Kali.

The good thing is that your Windows C: drive is automatically mounted to /mnt/c directory in Kali linux.In the next step, we will convert the minimal installation to full including GUI and tools. This is just a minimal installation of Kali linux. After typing password twice, you will be logged in to your Kali Linux environment. Once done, you will be asked to type a user name and then set a password.This will happen only for the first time. Click on “Kali Linux” and it will display a terminal window with a text “ Installing, this may take a few minutes”.Tip: The most recently installed app “Kali Linux” will probably be displayed on top of start menu. To launch the Kali linux, click on start and type “Kali” to search.This will start downloading and installing the Kali Linux which could take a while. If it asks you to login with Microsoft account, just click on No, thanks. Select Kali Linux and click on Install (or Get) button.Click on the search, type “Linux” and hit enter.To install Kali Linux (or any other GNU/Linux distribution), open Run dialog (Windows key + R), then type “ ms-windows-store:” without quotes and hit enter.If you have not installed WSL2, please check this article first and then come back here to start setting up your Kali Linux environment. The more information about WSL2 and its installation steps are covered in following article:

This article assumes you have already installed WSL2 in your Windows 10.

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