How to Resolve Virtualization Features Not Working on Windows?

Henry Paul Scholte VI 0 Reputation points
2024-11-09T18:32:19.42+00:00

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

Press any key to continue...

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.

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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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