XFCE Desktop from Powershell with WSL success.

I'm likely the last person here to figure this out, but for my own posterity if nothing else here's the breadcrumbs....this has been whipping my **** entirely too long for a 5 minute project.

Downloaded Kali from Windows store, mostly common sense stuff all the way until configuring XRDP for remote connection to desktop (final result is accessing GUI with Windows Remote Desktop...I'm sure there's a slicker solution, please share if you know it.)

Transcript(ish):
I'm assuming you have installed Windows Subsystem for Linux and acquired and installed Kali from Windows Store.

Open Powershell64 as Admin
"Kali" commands the instance awake and the Powershell to a bash terminal.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get install webshells
sudo wget https://kali.sh/xfce4.sh
sudo sh xfce4.sh
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install xrdp


sudo update-alternatives --config x-session-manager
# option 5 for XFCE4


# change settings to autorun sesman*

sudo nano /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini
autorun=sesman-any #*PROOF-READING EDIT---THIS (very obviously) DOESN'T AUTORUN SESMAN, IT DEFAULTS THE MENU TO SESMAN-ANY IN XRDP, MYSTERY SOLVED.
max_bpp=16
---
#"sesman-any"
ip=127.0.0.1
---
#create passwd/user (i matched the powershell unix session info...maybe req'd, maybe not?)

^X


# xrdp session manager edits:
sudo nano /etc/xrdp/sesman.ini
#"Globals"
listenaddress=127.0.0.1

listenport=3390

EnableUserWindowManager=true

UserWindowManager=startwm.sh

DefaultWindowManager=startwm.sh

^X


# set fire to your monitor(s!!!!) ...or "fire up the services"
#Ultimately this was entirely simple, but I could not get XRDP to run if my life depended on it. I revisited my edits and googled and gitted for what fealt like days....
#...then I found an appropriate query and realized it's been awesomely documented.
#I've been too defeated by this problem to even try to explain it my own words with any kind of dignity so check out the excellent explanation and write up I used from 'Griffin's IT Library' @ http://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=8316. I'm sure the #corpse has been #flogged here too, I just owe them (at least) a citation, probably a beer.

sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/xrdp.service
#this file was already existing and I wasn't expecting it to be. Your mileage may vary...you may need to mkfile.
#copy below text into file-- don't forget to save when you're done.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Unit]
Description=xrdp daemon
Requires=xrdp-sesman.service
After=syslog.target network.target xrdp-sesman.service


[Service]
Type=forking
PIDFile=/var/run/xrdp.pid
#EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/xrdp
ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/xrdp $XRDP_OPTIONS
ExecStop=/usr/local/sbin/xrdp $XRDP_OPTIONS –kill


[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

----------------------------------------------------------
#repeat for sessionmanager Xrdp-sesman.service
sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/xrdp-sesman.service


[Unit]
Description=xrdp session manager
After=syslog.target network.target
StopWhenUnneeded=true


[Service]
Type=forking
PIDFile=/var/run/xrdp-sesman.pid
#EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/xrdp
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/xrdp-sesman $SESMAN_OPTIONS
ExecStop=/usr/sbin/xrdp-sesman $SESMAN_OPTIONS –kill


[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
--------------------------------------------------------------------

#at this point I 'rebooted' for good luck


#open new powershell terminal


sudo su
service xrdp start
service xrdp-sesman start #(probably not necessary for you.) (Probably is, actually.)


uname -a (just to make sure)


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From there I opened a Windows Remote Desktop session, steered it towards 127.0.0.1:3390 and fired.


Select 'sesman-any' from the xrdp dropdown, enter, and you should be there.


Mine is surprisingly snappy and seems to work full-featured.

Hopefully this helps anyone avoid a bit of frustration like I endured. This is my first post here and that's a very accurate measure of my Linux experience, I've been playing with VM's and several distros for a couple months...suffice it to say I know that there's a bunch of horrendous inefficiency in the way I went, roll your eyes all you like, just let me know at which parts so I can figure this out quicker next time.

proof: https://imgur.com/gallery/Zhydtxl

Cheers!