Also I was then able to install specific GUI applications through the CLI (Command Line Interface) using apt or apt-get commands. This then allowed me to run gedit and nautilus.
I was able to run: sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop
What can you do after VcXsrv is installed? If you want to call gedit from within your Bash Shell / Terminal you need to edit ~/.bashrc and insert this line: export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 As of Mayou can simply accept the defaults. I recommend everyone do their research between xming (the accepted answer) and VcXsrv before selecting one or the other for Graphical User Interface (GUI) support in Windows 10 Ubuntu 16.04. I chose to use VcXsrv in WSL (Windows 10 Subsystem for Linux).
