vEthernet cannot be installed automatically

Question

wsl startup error:

I find the icon of vEthernet(WSL) and vEthernet(Default Switch) is gray and con not be enabled.

Then I I did the following:

1.Shutting down hyper-v and wsl services

2.Uninstall all the vEthernet and reboot

3.Re-open hyper-v and wsl services and reboot

4.but no vEthernet installed when I use vEthernet manager I got:

Answer 1

Hi 26 sw,

Thank you for posting in the Q&A forum.

Please open Windows PowerShell as administrator and run Get-VMSwitch to see if the virtual switches can be listed. If not, open services.msc from the start menu and restart the Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management service (vmms) manually. If the issue persists, check the Hyper-V-VMMS and Hyper-V-VmSwitch event logs located at Applications and Services Logs \ Microsoft \ Windows in Event Viewer.

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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