- Open Powershell as Administrator: a) Run: dism.exe /online /disable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /norestart b) Run: dism.exe /online /disable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /norestart
- Restart PC
- Retry Install
Error code: Wsl/Service/RegisterDistro/CreateVm/HCS/ERROR_MOD_NOT_FOUND
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Manju
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Hi,
Could you help what module is being referred here ? Where can I find more details on this error and what exactly is not found ? Thankyou.
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Fred Cunningham 5 Reputation points2025-06-13T04:23:02.1633333+00:00 - Open Powershell as Administrator:
a) Run: dism.exe /online /disable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /norestart
b) Run: dism.exe /online /disable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /norestart - Restart PC
- Retry Install
- Open Powershell as Administrator:
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Fred Cunningham 5 Reputation points
2025-06-13T04:23:32.47+00:00 -
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Imran mughal 0 Reputation points2025-07-16T16:10:32.86+00:00 WSL reinstallation to be done as Administrator?
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cyh 0 Reputation points2024-07-15T12:57:31.03+00:00 I solve the same problem.
I just disable the virtual plantform and the WSL in the setting of windows features and delete all the virtual machine in my WSL, and try to delete my WSL. Then reboot.
And I reinstall my WSL, and open those settings in windoes features. Reboot once again, then I can use my WSL.
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Wesley Li 11,770 Reputation points2024-04-19T15:37:38.9766667+00:00 Hello
Would you please share us more details of the issue?
When did you get this error? What is the operation you are doing?
If the error occurred automatically, we could check the issue in clean boot.
How to perform a clean boot in Windows - Microsoft Support
Or try to use the autoruns tool to check all the automatic running options. Uncheck the suspicious options then reboot to check.
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Manju 150 Reputation points
2024-04-19T15:42:28.2+00:00 Thanks for your response. This is encountered when starting Docker Desktop application which uses WSL2. All the needed features 'Windows Subsystem for Linux', and 'Virtual Machine platform' are enabled.
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