WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80370102

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WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80370102

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Upon the upgrade from WSL 1 to WSL 2, the requirement to have the Hyper-V feature enabled created a conflict with VirtualBox that brought VirtualBox VMs to a crawl. Because I needed VirtualBox, I was forced to disable Hyper-V and so lose access to WSL 2. Eventually, VirtualBox fixed this problem in an update, and I am now trying to reenable WSL 2, so I reenabled Hyper-V and I am running into nonsensical errors. Like WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80370102.

System Specs:

Microsoft Windows 11 Pro

10.0.22000 Build 22000.

11th Gen Intel Core i7-11850H.

BIOS: VT enabled.

Windows Features

Hyper-V: Enabled

Virtual Machine Platform: Enabled

Windows Hypervisor Platform: Enabled

Windows Subsystem for Linux: Enabled

I have tried using an admin privilege PowerShell to run wsl --install -d ubuntu, and it ran as if it were successful, but upon launch of ubuntu, I get the error:

WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80370102

Error: 0x80370102 The virtual machine could not be started because a required feature is not installed.

I cannot seem to get any WSL to function at all.

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Answer 1

Hey Ben. I'm Greg, 10 years awarded Windows MVP, here to help you.

There are fixes for the error here:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tr...

https://thegeekpage.com/wsl-register-distributi...

https://appuals.com/wsl-register-distribution-e... (Avoid ad links which intrude into editorial copy, especially avoid Restoro, PC Repair Tool and Reimage ads)

https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/7638

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myouQBBDhXQ

Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the results you post back I may have other suggestions if necessary.

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Answer 2

Anonymous

I tried all of these steps before posting.

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Answer 3

Ben -

Next let's try fixing "Error: 0x80370102 The virtual machine could not be started because a required feature is not installed." I'm not sure if you've already tried these fixes since again none are mentioned, but I went ahead and researched them anyway to be sure:

https://ansiblepilot.medium.com/ansible-trouble...

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/error-0x80370102...

(Avoid ad links which intrude into editorial copy, especially avoid Restoro, PC Repair Tool and Reimage ads)

https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/7068

https://superuser.com/questions/1696469/wsl-err...

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67278273/ws...

https://made4geek.com/error-0x80370102-the-virt...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78lo9zQrRPw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeCvWSLnUPM

Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the results you post back I may have other suggestions if necessary.

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