Getting Error Error: 0x80070422 trying to start wsl.

[jjulicher]

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Your Windows build number: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.16299.431]

In command prompt type 'wsl' enter.

• What's wrong / what should be happening instead:
  ubuntu bash should be starting.

lxcore_adss.log
lxcore_kernel.log
lxcore_service.log
lxcore_user.log

[benhillis]

@jjulicher - Thanks for providing logs. It looks like somehow the LxssManager service was disabled:
0x80070422 (ERROR_SERVICE_DISABLED): The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it.

Could you try enabling the LxssManager service, either via this command line or via the services.msc UI?
sc config LxssManager start=auto

[jjulicher]

@benhillis
thanks for that. looks like work has disabled this and I'm unable to use this process anymore :(

[m0smith]

@benhillis
That command (sc config LxssManager start=auto) did the trick. It also caused Kaspersky to pop up a thing saying it wanted to block the linux commands from running. If you are running Kaspersky, check your settings.

[Salman-EF]

I had the same issue.
I just disabled & enabled "Windows Subsystem for Linux". reboot windows after each step as requested and everything worked as usual.

[Stevendotcom]

Adding to what @m0smith said, in Kaspersky you need to add Ubuntu as a trusted app, and to not check for encrypted connections: https://support.kaspersky.com/11444

[james-work-account]

In case anyone else had the same issue as me, sc config LxssManager start=auto didn't work in Powershell but it worked fine in cmd.exe (I was running Windows Terminal so it was in Powershell by default and I hadn't realised)

[tezhm]

Was experiencing the same issue and repairing through the Apps & Features menu seems to have fixed it for me.

[jimmyFlash]

The issue in my case was Kaspersky AV, on Win 10/11 Kaspersky may display a popup for disabling Linux based applications. if you click it it will disable LxssManager.

The solution as mentioned in comment is

1. run cmd is administrator mode
2. run the command -> sc config LxssManager start=auto
3. if Kaspersky complains just click fix later/ignore

[tedzy5]

Thank you a lot tezhm, all worked smoothly because of your snapshots.

[VamshiGoud]

@tezhm it worked!, thanks

[VFagionato]

The issue in my case was Kaspersky AV, on Win 10/11 Kaspersky may display a popup for disabling Linux based applications. if you click it it will disable LxssManager.

The solution as mentioned in comment is

1. run cmd is administrator mode
2. run the command -> sc config LxssManager start=auto
3. if Kaspersky complains just click fix later/ignore

Works like a charm

[Siddhu2502]

I had the same issue. I just disabled & enabled "Windows Subsystem for Linux". reboot windows after each step as requested and everything worked as usual.

This one worked simple as it sounds it is working perfectly

[Ban921]

This method has helped me.

[apsolut]

Repair also helped in my case with WSL (DDEV inside, Windows 11)

[arpitdalal]

Repair didn't work for me, though I terminated all the processes using the Terminate button and then restarted WSL and that fixed it

[mizzcode]

Repair didn't work for me, though I terminated all the processes using the Terminate button and then restarted WSL and that fixed it

i am the same problem, repair on apps features and sc config LxssManager start=auto is not fix my wsl. and then how to fix my wsl ? :(

[Farzane2630]

I ran into the same error and tried out the entire solutions on the internet and the error still was there.
But at the end of the day I came up with this command and it works!😉
wsl --install -d Debian --web-download

Apparently, there was some problems with my windows and for some reason I was not able to download this distribution from MS.
I hope this works for you guys too.

[AbadonnaAbbys]

In my case I get same error when I "sleep on" "Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.17" application by the CCleaner. And after switched this application on, WSL work fine again.