Hello, I’m Henry, and I’d like to share my insights on this issue.
I believe the best solution is to re-register and repair WSL components to resolve the problem.
- First we will Force-Disable WSL and Virtual Machine Platform. Run the following two commands as Administrator, one after the other:
- Disables the Windows Subsystem for Linux feature
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dism.exe /online /disable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /norestart
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- Disables the Virtual Machine Platform feature`
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dism.exe /online /disable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /norestart
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- Reboot Your Computer to** apply the changes.
- Re-enable WSL and Virtual Machine Platform**
- After rebooting, open PowerShell as Administrator again. Run the following two commands to re-enable the features:
- Re-enables the Windows Subsystem for Linux feature
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dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
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- Re-enables the Virtual Machine Platform feature
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dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
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- Reboot Your Computer Again to finalize the installation of these features.
- After the second reboot, locate the
wsl_update_x64.msi
file you used for the initial installation. Run the wsl_update_x64.msi installer again. It will present you with a "Repair" option. Choose to Repair the existing installation. This will fix any corrupted kernel files or registration issues. - After the repair is complete, run a simple WSL command PowerShell as Administrator.:
wsl --status
Hope this points you in the right direction for troubleshooting.