diff --git a/enable-WSL2.bat b/enable-WSL2.bat
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+@echo off
+
+:checkAdminPriv
+>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"
+
+if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
+    echo Requesting administrative privileges...
+    goto UACPrompt
+) else ( goto gotAdmin )
+
+:UACPrompt
+echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "getadmin.vbs"
+set params = %*:"=""
+echo UAC.ShellExecute "cmd.exe", "/c cd %cd% && %~s0 %params%", "", "runas", 1 >> "getadmin.vbs"
+
+"getadmin.vbs"
+del "getadmin.vbs"
+exit /B
+
+:gotAdmin
+
+dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
+dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
+
+echo downloading wsl_update_x64...
+curl.exe -Ls --remote-name --remove-on-error https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/wsl_update_x64.msi
+wsl_update_x64.msi
+del "wsl_update_x64.msi"
+
+wsl --set-default-version 2
+
+echo a system reboot might be required
+echo Press any key to exit . . .
+pause>nul