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                        Arch won't start under Win11 22H2
Trying to open Arch shell from Windows terminal produces the following:
The system cannot find the path specified.
[process exited with code 4294967295 (0xffffffff)]
Uninstalling and reinstalling WSL2 allowed install of both Ubuntu and Debian. Launching the freshly reinstalled Arch app from the Windows Search Bar opens a momentary window which closes before it displays even the window trim. Running Arch from an Admin Powershell window produces the following:
PS C:\Users\gmart> arch
The system cannot find the path specified.
Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND
Checking WSL Status:
PS C:\Users\gmart> wsl --status
Default Distribution: Arch
Default Version: 2
WSL version: 0.66.2.0
Kernel version: 5.15.57.1
WSLg version: 1.0.42
MSRDC version: 1.2.3401
Direct3D version: 1.606.4
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.22621.608
PS C:\Users\gmart>
Might be helpful: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4177#issuecomment-641984962
I had the same issue but restarting Windows solved it. It required a second restart after the update.