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WSL2 not working on windows 11 insider: error 0x80370114

Anonymous
2022-03-07T18:30:01+00:00

Hi there!

Recently I tried to install WSL by writing wsl --install in cmd.

Everything got installed and seemed to work, but if I opened ubuntu the following message would appear:

Could this be because I am using windows 11 insider preview? (Version dev OS build 22533.1001)

I have virtualization on, by the way. I saw this post but none of the answers helped https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/all/wsl-2-installing-linux-failed-error-code/bae391d1-4215-4d93-b0c4-3d96404a7c74

I Tried multiple methods to solve this and it seems to be something with hyper-v?

Also, vmcompute.exe doen't seem to exist in my system32 folder. In Powershell, it told me that no such service existed. Neither does Windows Hypervisor Platform.

One time I also tried using "turn windows features on and off" but that didn't work either.

During the installation process, I also realized WSLg would not install which it should in windows11.

Hope someone can help!

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-04-24T22:21:21+00:00

    Windows Hypervisor Platform is a cut-down version of Hyper-V, H-V has more features but to run WSL without H-V you need WHP enabled.

    You missed the point.

    If you type wsl --install, Virtual Machine Platform gets installed and enabled automatically.

    No need to enable Windows Hypervisor Platform to run wsl (see edit on my previous post and screenshots above)

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-04-24T18:08:31+00:00

    Hey @Sibro.o, thanks for your solution! I followed it and it worked for me.

    One remark: the command wsl --install actually enables Virtual Machine Platform feature - have you enabled this when you tried to install WSL for the first time? Also, my Windows Hyper Vision feature is off.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-03-10T20:31:31+00:00

    Thanks, I'll try it! Also, just in case, what were the commands you used to disable hyper-v?

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-03-07T19:18:43+00:00

    Could this be because I am using windows 11 insider preview? (Version dev OS build 22533.1001)

    I have the exact same issue and tried the same things on build 22557, it didn't work.

    Hopefully someone will post a solution or workaround.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-03-10T20:31:50+00:00

    Thanks, I'll also try it!

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