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Error code: Wsl/InstallDistro/Service/RegisterDistro/CreateVm/0x80072726
Windows Version
10.0.19045.5487
WSL Version
2.4.10.0
Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?
- [x] WSL 2
- [ ] WSL 1
Kernel Version
5.15.167.4-1
Distro Version
Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Other Software
No response
Repro Steps
- Turn on Virtualization on BIOS
- Open Windows PowerShell (as Adminstrator)
- Turn all required features in Control Panel > Turn Windows Features on or off
- Run the following commands:
- dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
- dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
- wsl --set-default-version 2
- wsl --install
- The result is: Downloading: Ubuntu Installing: Ubuntu An invalid argument was supplied. Error code: Wsl/InstallDistro/Service/RegisterDistro/CreateVm/0x80072726
It used to be very easy to install WSL before. But now I can't install it. I have tried many different ways before posting this issue here.
Expected Behavior
Should install successfully
Actual Behavior
PS C:\Windows\system32> wsl --set-default-version 2 For information on key differences with WSL 2 please visit https://aka.ms/wsl2 The operation completed successfully. PS C:\Windows\system32> wsl --install Downloading: Ubuntu Installing: Ubuntu An invalid argument was supplied. Error code: Wsl/InstallDistro/Service/RegisterDistro/CreateVm/0x80072726 PS C:\Windows\system32>
Diagnostic Logs
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How to collect WSL logs
Download and execute collect-wsl-logs.ps1 in an administrative powershell prompt:
Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/WSL/master/diagnostics/collect-wsl-logs.ps1" -OutFile collect-wsl-logs.ps1
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
.\collect-wsl-logs.ps1
The script will output the path of the log file once done.
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The log file doesn't contain any WSL traces. Please make sure that you reproduced the issue while the log collection was running.
Diagnostic information
.wslconfig found
Custom kernel found: 'C:\Users\Khoa Ngo\Downloads\Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS Installer.exe'
Detected appx version: 2.4.10.0
Found no WSL traces in the logs
Diagnostic information
.wslconfig found
Custom kernel found: 'C:\Users\Khoa Ngo\Downloads\Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS Installer.exe'
Detected appx version: 2.4.10.0
Detected user visible error: Wsl/InstallDistro/Service/RegisterDistro/CreateVm/0x80072726
