WSL fails to start with error code Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/CreateVm/ConfigureNetworking/0x800700b7

[pqnet]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.2134]

WSL Version

1.2.5.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

No response

Distro Version

Ubuntu 20.04

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

run WSL with default Linux distribution (currently configured as Ubuntu)

wsl.exe

Expected Behavior

Ubuntu is started and a shell is available for typing commands

Actual Behavior

process exits with the error

A distribution with the supplied name already exists.
Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/CreateVm/ConfigureNetworking/0x800700b7

Diagnostic Logs

network-diagnostic.log

[ghost]

Please upload the full /logs on the bug.

[microsoft-github-policy-service]

Hello! Could you please provide more logs to help us better diagnose your issue?

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.

Click here for more info on logging

Thank you!

[microsoft-github-policy-service]

This issue has been automatically closed since it has not had any author activity for the past 7 days. If you're still experiencing this issue please re-open it.

Thank you!

[pqnet]

sorry I had reinstalled windows the following weekend as extreme solution since it was delaying my workflow and cannot collect logs anymore.