WSL stopped working now reinstall failing

[ivanthewebber]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.23403.1001]

WSL Version

2.0.9.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.133.1-1

Distro Version

N/A

Other Software

WSL is not working, so Docker is not working. Docker is not working so Apache Spark and Apache Flink are not working.

Repro Steps

Had WSL. Got windows update and had a problem with Apache Spark that I traced back to Docker. Docker gave me an error about WSL.

Tried opening WSL and it gave me an error about data being invalid. I looked online and it seemed that uninstalling and reinstalling WSL would fix the problem. I followed recommended steps here to initially uninstall before finding Microsoft documentation. I uninstalled WSL and attempted to install it from the store. I tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it several times using the command line trying to make sure all settings and features were right, and I restarted between everything. Have not been able to avoid getting the same error:

PS path> wsl --install Ubuntu
...
Launching Ubuntu...
Installing, this may take a few minutes...
WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x8007000d
Error: 0x8007000d The data is invalid.

Press any key to continue...
The operation completed successfully.

I tried other distributions and at this point I am pretty stumped. I saw this possibly related issue, but I can't change my computer's system clock.

Expected Behavior

wsl --install would succeed and afterwards wsl would open Ubuntu's shell.

Actual Behavior

Error code: 0x8007000d
The output varies slightly if I change turn the Windows features on or off, but I always end up getting the same error code.

PS C:\path> wsl --install
Windows Subsystem for Linux is already installed.
The following is a list of valid distributions that can be installed.
Install using 'wsl --install -d <Distro>'.

NAME                                   FRIENDLY NAME
Ubuntu                                 Ubuntu
Debian                                 Debian GNU/Linux
kali-linux                             Kali Linux Rolling
Ubuntu-18.04                           Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu-20.04                           Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Ubuntu-22.04                           Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
OracleLinux_7_9                        Oracle Linux 7.9
OracleLinux_8_7                        Oracle Linux 8.7
OracleLinux_9_1                        Oracle Linux 9.1
openSUSE-Leap-15.5                     openSUSE Leap 15.5
SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-15-SP4    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-15-SP5           SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5
openSUSE-Tumbleweed                    openSUSE Tumbleweed
PS C:\path> wsl --install -d Ubuntu
Installing: Ubuntu
Ubuntu has been installed.
Launching Ubuntu...
PS C:\path> wsl
Windows Subsystem for Linux has no installed distributions.
Distributions can be installed by visiting the Microsoft Store:
https://aka.ms/wslstore
PS C:\path> wsl --list
Windows Subsystem for Linux has no installed distributions.

Use 'wsl.exe --list --online' to list available distributions
and 'wsl.exe --install <Distro>' to install.

Distributions can also be installed by visiting the Microsoft Store:
https://aka.ms/wslstore
Error code: Wsl/WSL_E_DEFAULT_DISTRO_NOT_FOUND

Output of Ubuntu:

Installing, this may take a few minutes...
WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x8007000d
Error: 0x8007000d The data is invalid.

Press any key to continue...

Diagnostic Logs

No response

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[ivanthewebber]

#10467 had a request for the output of bcdedit; here is what I get:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> bcdedit

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier              {bootmgr}
device                  partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2
path                    \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
description             Windows Boot Manager
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {globalsettings}
isolatedcontext         Yes
flightsigning           Yes
default                 {current}
resumeobject            {b59f727f-bfef-11ed-998e-f36a29ed52a8}
displayorder            {current}
toolsdisplayorder       {memdiag}
timeout                 30

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {current}
device                  partition=C:
path                    \WINDOWS\system32\winload.efi
description             Windows 11
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {b59f7281-bfef-11ed-998e-f36a29ed52a8}
displaymessageoverride  Recovery
recoveryenabled         Yes
isolatedcontext         Yes
flightsigning           Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice                partition=C:
systemroot              \WINDOWS
resumeobject            {b59f727f-bfef-11ed-998e-f36a29ed52a8}
nx                      OptIn
bootmenupolicy          Standard
hypervisorlaunchtype    Auto

[ivanthewebber]

[rcarde]

See #10755 and #10754.

Check that "Virtual Machine Platform" is enabled in Windows Features?

[ivanthewebber]

According to the discussion in #10754 I tried turning off the Hyper-V features and it still didn't work. I tried turning off Hyperviser Platform as well and reinstalling and still go tthe same error code:

PS path> wsl --install
Windows Subsystem for Linux is already installed.
The following is a list of valid distributions that can be installed.
Install using 'wsl --install -d <Distro>'.

NAME                                   FRIENDLY NAME
Ubuntu                                 Ubuntu
Debian                                 Debian GNU/Linux
kali-linux                             Kali Linux Rolling
Ubuntu-18.04                           Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu-20.04                           Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Ubuntu-22.04                           Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
OracleLinux_7_9                        Oracle Linux 7.9
OracleLinux_8_7                        Oracle Linux 8.7
OracleLinux_9_1                        Oracle Linux 9.1
openSUSE-Leap-15.5                     openSUSE Leap 15.5
SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-15-SP4    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-15-SP5           SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5
openSUSE-Tumbleweed                    openSUSE Tumbleweed
PS path> wsl --version
Invalid command line option: --version
...
Usage: wsl.exe [Argument] [Options...] [CommandLine]
...
PS path> wsl --upgrade
Invalid command line option: --upgrade
...
Usage: wsl.exe [Argument] [Options...] [CommandLine]
...
PS path> wsl --update
Installing: Windows Subsystem for Linux
Windows Subsystem for Linux has been installed.
PS path> wsl --version
WSL version: 2.0.9.0
Kernel version: 5.15.133.1-1
WSLg version: 1.0.59
MSRDC version: 1.2.4677
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.23403.1001
PS path> wsl
Windows Subsystem for Linux has no installed distributions.

Use 'wsl.exe --list --online' to list available distributions
and 'wsl.exe --install <Distro>' to install.

Distributions can also be installed by visiting the Microsoft Store:
https://aka.ms/wslstore
Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/GetDefaultDistro/WSL_E_DEFAULT_DISTRO_NOT_FOUND
PS path> wsl --install Ubuntu
Installing: Ubuntu
Ubuntu has been installed.
Launching Ubuntu...
Installing, this may take a few minutes...
WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x8007000d
Error: 0x8007000d The data is invalid.

Press any key to continue...
The installation process for distribution 'Ubuntu' failed with exit code: 1.
Error code: Wsl/InstallDistro/WSL_E_INSTALL_PROCESS_FAILED

[ivanthewebber]

I tried turning the Virtual Machine Platform off and on again in Windows Features, also turned off WSL because on a fresh computer it seems enabling that option isn't required now that WSL is distributed in the Microsoft store. Still isn't working but I will try uninstalling and reinstalling after another reboot.

[ivanthewebber]

Still not working, can't get any distro to work. Always get:

WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x8007000d
Error: 0x8007000d The data is invalid.

I am afraid I might need to reinstall windows or something catastrophic.

[OneBlue]

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[ivanthewebber]

WslLogs-2024-01-26_12-13-21.zip