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How to Resolve Virtualization Features Not Working on Windows?
Henry Paul Scholte VI
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Virtualization features appear to be enabled in BIOS, and all necessary Windows features are installed. However, attempts to use WSL result in the following error:
C:\WINDOWS\system32>wsl --install ubuntu
Ubuntu is already installed.
Launching Ubuntu...
Installing, this may take a few minutes...
WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x8007023e
Error: 0x8007023e {Application Error}
The exception s (0x
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The operation completed successfully.
Similarly, Windows Sandbox produces this error:
Error: 0x8007023e {Application Error}
The exception %s (0x
Docker, using Hyper-V in an attempt to bypass WSL being broken, returns:
running Hyper-V engine: creating Hyper-V VM: status code not OK but 500: Unhandled exception: Failed to create or configure Hyper-V VM: Sequence contains no elements..
One of the most common reasons is virtualization features not working properly, see https://docs.docker.com/desktop/troubleshoot/topics/#virtualization.
Additionally, the link is no longer active.
In Hyper-V, virtual machines are visible, but attempting to boot them results in a message indicating that no operating system was detected.
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