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how to register already exist WSL distribute when I changed windows account #4591
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BTW, my distribution installed in D:\wsl\Ubuntu\ |
Let assume two users, 1st user has installed a distro but 2nd does not.
As you have said your Linux distribution installed in different drive then you have to only export the Lxss registry from 1st use and import it in 2nd. |
@Biswa96 - I wish you'd stop suggesting people mess around with the registry... |
You can even go further, just create a new entry under Lsxx and register whatever you want :) Just make sure to generate a unique key for the distribution. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lxss{5526db11-a739-4a33-9031-9793a481c2ed}] |
Hi, is there any command that can solve this issue without touching the registry? |
in powershell: ref:
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FYI to correct a few typos in the version listed above the full .reg file you can paste it into, update and open to add
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I already setup wsl distribution in my WIN10 account as following:
But, when i changed my WIN10 account to another one, i can't find my distribution, is there some easy way to register this:
My distribution already install many things, it takes about 800G, I don't want to re-install it, or export/import, it is too long to do this, since it's so big.
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