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. This will save you a lot of time that is required to setup a Kali VM in Windows and you won’t have to go through fixing the errors which can encounter during Kali installation. This article will explain how you can install Kali Linux directly inside your Windows 10 without having to run the Kali setup.

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