So many problems trying to get Hyper V working with Ubuntu on windows 10

I have created a hyper-v virtual machine and with Unbuntu running on it. Originally I went with Unbuntu ubuntu 20.04. But I could not resize it or set up a shared folder. I followed the instructions setting resolution via the etc/default/grub file, did not work

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash video=hyperv_fb:1920x1080"

Then

 sudo update-grub
sudo reboot

Did not work, then i tried to to set Enhanced Session

sudo git clone
cd linux-vm-tools/ubuntu/18.04
./install.sh

The install ran, i rebooted in powershell in admin I ran the following

Set-VM -VMName UbuntuVM -EnhancedSessionTransportType HvSocket

Restarted by Hyper-v, EnhancedSession was still grayed out. So I gave up on 20.04 and downloaded 18.04.3 LTS

It works in that it gives me a EnhancedSession I can resize the screen. But the icons are tiny. I right clicked in the top right. It brings up a window. I select the crossed spanners , select spanners select dock and increase the size to max but the icons are still very small.

I want to stick with 18.04.3 LTS it gives me everything but icon size.

Thanks for any help.

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