WSL 2 requires an update to its kernel component, Error: 0x1bc (And How to Fix Them)

Windows 10 users might receive the following error when trying to set WSL 2 as the default Windows Subsystem for Linux.

wsl --set-default-version 2
WSL 2 requires an update to its kernel component.

Or the following on VirtualBox:

Error: 0x1bc

We can easily fix this error by installing the WSL Linux kernel update on Windows 10. To do that, click on the following link: https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/wsl_update_x64.msi to download the WSL2 Linux kernel update.

Once the download is complete, double-click the "wsl_update_x64.msi" file to run and apply kernel updates.

After that, you should be able to change Windows Subsystem for Linux to Version 2 without getting an error.