While trying to install WSL 2 the install fails with 'Catastrophic Failure' message!

[krchome]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26120.1252]

WSL Version

NA

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

None

Distro Version

None

Other Software

Docker Desktop Windows version 4.32.0 (157355)

Repro Steps

While issuing this command: C:\Users\kaushik>wsl -l -v
Windows Subsystem for Linux must be updated to the latest version to proceed. You can update by running 'wsl.exe --update'.
For more information please visit https://aka.ms/wslinstall

Press any key to install Windows Subsystem for Linux.
Press CTRL-C or close this window to cancel.
This prompt will time out in 60 seconds.

While trying to install wsl this screenshot appears :

Expected Behavior

I am expecting WSL 2 to install successfully with a success message!

Actual Behavior

C:\Users\kaushik>wsl -l -v
Windows Subsystem for Linux must be updated to the latest version to proceed. You can update by running 'wsl.exe --update'.
For more information please visit https://aka.ms/wslinstall

Press any key to install Windows Subsystem for Linux.
Press CTRL-C or close this window to cancel.
This prompt will time out in 60 seconds.

Diagnostic Logs

NA

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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 scipt will output the path of the log file once done.

Once completed please upload the output files to this Github issue.

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[krchome]

Attached here are the logs as zip file as desired.

WslLogs-2024-07-20_17-25-32.zip

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Diagnostic information

Appx package is not installed
Found evidence of MSIX install error: 0x80070032, adding msix tag