Here you will see a message 

Turning on Developer mode including installing and running apps from out side the windows store, could expose your device and personal data to security risks or harm your device.

Turn on developer mode ?   click yes to enable . close the window.

Now move to the start menu, Type “Turn Windows Features on or off”:

click turn windows features on or off this will open windows features window. Now Scroll down and check the “Windows Subsystem for Linux (Beta)” feature: As shown bellow image 

click ok this will take some time to download and install the feature.  after this it will prompt to restart windows.

click restart to take effect the changes.

Once your computer is restarted go to Start Menu and search ‘bash.’ Bash will show up.


Click on it to start Linux Bash Shell. It will ask you to accept terms and conditions. Press ‘y’ on your keyboard to accept the terms and conditions.

or you can open  PowerShell/command prompt and run “Bash” and follow the simple prompts to accept Canonical’s license and kick-off the download of the Ubuntu image.
it will start download from windows store. wait untill complete download.


After download has completed, it will take some time to extract and install  then you will see a message installation successsfull.
enter a unix use name and then set a password as shown picture bellow.


you’ll be able to start “Bash on Ubuntu on Windows” from the Start menu:

 here are a few basic commands on both Bash and Windows:

Change Directory: cd in Bash, cd or chdir in DOS

List Contents of Directory: ls in Bash, dir in DOS

Move or Rename a File: mv in Bash, move and rename in DOS

Copy a File: cp in Bash, copy in DOS

Delete a File: rm in Bash, del or erase in DOS

Create a Directory: mkdir in Bash, mkdir in DOS

Use a Text Editor: vi or nano in Bash, edit in DOS