WSL2. Can no longer find 'C:\Program Files\WSL\system.vhd'

[simonlaszcz]

Windows Version

10.0.22621.3007

WSL Version

2.0.14.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

No response

Distro Version

Debian

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

Try to open console
or
try wsl --export

Expected Behavior

For it to work

Actual Behavior

Failed to attach disk 'C:\Program Files\WSL\system.vhd' to WSL2: The system cannot find the file specified.
Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/CreateVm/MountVhd/HCS/ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND

[process exited with code 4294967295 (0xffffffff)]
You can now close this terminal with Ctrl+D, or press Enter to restart.

Diagnostic Logs

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[alexbogias]

Same here after installed v2.1.1.0

[soudai]

me too.

PS C:\Users\alfta> wsl --version
WSL バージョン: 2.0.14.0
カーネル バージョン: 5.15.133.1-1
WSLg バージョン: 1.0.59
MSRDC バージョン: 1.2.4677
Direct3D バージョン: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore バージョン: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows バージョン: 10.0.22631.3085

PS C:\Users\alfta> wsl --update
更新プログラムを確認しています。
Linux 用 Windows サブシステムの最新バージョンは既にインストールされています。
PS C:\Users\alfta>

[simonlaszcz]

I just reinstalled WSL2 in the end, after first copying the vhdx in my AppData to a safe location, just in case.
My original distro was untouched by the reinstallation and worked as expected.

[ZKBL]

mee too

[alexbogias]

I reinstalled also and worked...

[OneBlue]

This is unfortunately a known issue when upgrading from an older version. The way to solve this is to manually download and install the new version.

You can find the latest MSI there: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/releases/tag/2.1.1

[simonlaszcz]

I have to say though, that it worked fine for a couple of days after the upgrade. Then the vhd suddenly 'disappeared overnight'. Nevertheless, I will give this a go if it happens again.

[CoreySchnedl]

@OneBlue Thank you! Confirmed this fixed the issue for me. Saved me a bunch of time, because every other thread seemed to recognize unmounting and re-installing which would have took a ton of time for me to re-setup my workspaces.

Same thing as @simonlaszcz, I updated wsl everything worked fine, next day I get this error.

[jeromefischer]

I was also using 2.0.14 and lost two days in a row the Ubuntu distro. Now I give a try with the latest version 2.1.1.

Error message in wsl 2.0.14:

Failed to attach disk 'C:\Program Files\WSL\system.vhd' to WSL2: Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden.
Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/CreateVm/MountVhd/HCS/ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND

[rtsui-harmonicinc]

this helped, thanks. But absolutely confusing as an 'known issue' this is nowhere to be seen

[xijujie]

Thanks @OneBlue! Upgrading to v2.1.3 fixed this issue.