Cannot install WSL

[GoodCoder27]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.3803]

WSL Version

0.0.0.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

None

Distro Version

None

Other Software

No apps interacting with WSL

Repro Steps

When I write wsl --install -d Debian or wsl --install it says "Installing Virtual Machine Platform" and the line below after failing, it says "The referenced assembly could not be found."
Note: I have virtualization enabled

Expected Behavior

Installing WSL2

Actual Behavior

Bug that doesn't let me install wsl

Diagnostic Logs

WslLogs-2024-03-19_20-15-34.zip

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/logs

[GoodCoder27]

My logs WslLogs-2024-03-19_20-15-34.zip

[OneBlue]

@GoodCoder27: I'm not seeing any WSL logs in the file you shared. Can you make sure your reproduce the issue while log collection is running ?

Also this error makes me think that there might be another 'wsl' in your path. Can you share the output of where wsl ?
/logs

[GoodCoder27]

@OneBlue , thanks for replying.
where wsl outputs nothing for me.
When I try to collect logs there is an error that says ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value.

[OneBlue]

Can you share the full output of the log collection script, along with the command you're running ? /logs

[GoodCoder27]

My output when I run collect-wsl-logs.ps1 that is taken from here

Logs that it saved
WslLogs-2024-03-21_21-12-19.zip

[OneBlue]

Those errors are expected since WSL is not installed. Although I looked at logs.etl and I can't see anything. Did you reproduce the error while the script was running ?

[GoodCoder27]

Can you explain what do you mean by saying "Did you reproduce the error while the script was running ?". Thanks!

[OneBlue]

The log need to "capture" the problem, so first you need to run the log collection script, then reproduce the problem, then stop the log collection.

/logs

[GoodCoder27]

How can I know if I reproduced the problem?

[OneBlue]

You need to manually run the command that reproduces the error that this issue is about while log collection is running.

[GoodCoder27]

reg.exe export HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lxss $folder/HKCU.txt | Out-Null
reg.exe export HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\P9NP $folder/P9NP.txt | Out-Null
reg.exe export "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{e66b0f30-e7b4-4f8c-acfd-d100c46c6278}" $folder/wslsupport-proxy.txt | Out-Null
reg.exe export "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{a9b7a1b9-0671-405c-95f1-e0612cb4ce7e}" $folder/wslsupport-impl.txt | Out-Null

all reproduce an error for me

[OneBlue]

I'm talking about the WSL issue, not the log collection script error

[GoodCoder27]

WslLogs-2024-03-22_20-56-54.zip
This is what I get after running collection logs and reproducing the error by running wsl --install.

[GoodCoder27]

I installed Fedora 39 on my laptop and deleted windows since I don't want to reinstall windows 100th time. Thanks @OneBlue for help and good bye

[GoodCoder27]

Closing the issue