Updating Windows Subsystem for Linux to version: 2.1.5 hangs

[mwoodpatrick]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22635.3350]

WSL Version

10.0.22635.3350

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.146.1

Distro Version

arch linux

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

Run

wsl --update --pre-release

Expected Behavior

Update would be installed

Actual Behavior

Reports

Starting WSL ...
Checking for updates.
Updating Windows Subsystem for Linux to version: 2.1.5

Then just hangs

Diagnostic Logs

No response

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[mwoodpatrick]

Running

wsl --update --pre-release

As an admin did complete normally, however when I try to run a powershell script it now reports:

.\boot_wsl.ps1 : File C:\Users\mlwp\boot_wsl.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system.
For more information, see about_Execution_Policies at https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170.
At line:1 char:1
+ .\boot_wsl.ps1
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : SecurityError: (:) [], PSSecurityException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess

I can run scripts as an admin

Running:

Get-ExecutionPolicy -List

I get:

        Scope ExecutionPolicy
        ----- ---------------
MachinePolicy       Undefined
   UserPolicy       Undefined
      Process    Unrestricted
  CurrentUser    Unrestricted
 LocalMachine    Unrestricted

Please advise

[ghost]

Have you tried setting the execution policy? For the issue you saw the first time, is it possible there was a UAC prompt that didn't get brought to the foreground? I've seen that happen before.

[mwoodpatrick]

Many thanks for your reply. I think I missed the UAC prompt, installation on a second PC worked fine. Setting the security policy did work, not sure how it got changed.