whereisk, 8 months ago It’s quite possible you’re running wsl 1 - some.versions of windows 10 never upgraded that subsystem - not sure why. But it might need wsl 2. Open PowerShell as Administrator and run: wsl --set-default-version 2 That should upgrade the Virtual environment subsystem but not the ubuntu installation - you can delete it and start again. Or you can try and upgrade it. Run this in your PowerShell. wsl.exe -l -v It should show you the Ubuntu install, the state, and the version. It should say 1, under version, if my assumption is correct. If so you need to upgrade it to 2 also. Copy the exact Name - it might say Ubuntu-20.04 or just Ubuntu etc . If it says “Running” and not Stopped terminate it like so: wsl -t Distro-Name Then run the command below (again, replace name with your exact name). wsl --set-version distro-name 2 Then try to start it from its shortcut again. Let me know if that worked.
It’s quite possible you’re running wsl 1 - some.versions of windows 10 never upgraded that subsystem - not sure why.
But it might need wsl 2.
Open PowerShell as Administrator and run: wsl --set-default-version 2
That should upgrade the Virtual environment subsystem but not the ubuntu installation - you can delete it and start again.
Or you can try and upgrade it.
Run this in your PowerShell. wsl.exe -l -v
It should show you the Ubuntu install, the state, and the version.
It should say 1, under version, if my assumption is correct.
If so you need to upgrade it to 2 also.
Copy the exact Name - it might say Ubuntu-20.04 or just Ubuntu etc .
If it says “Running” and not Stopped terminate it like so: wsl -t Distro-Name
Then run the command below (again, replace name with your exact name).
wsl --set-version distro-name 2
Then try to start it from its shortcut again.
Let me know if that worked.