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Open PowerShell and enter wsl -l -v to return "The system could not find the specified path. ", the input wsl.exe --list --all results are the same, but there is a wsl.exe in the system
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Hi,
Please unregister the Linux distribution using wsl --unregister <Distribution Name> then install the distribution by running wsl --install <Distribution Name>.
Hope this helps.
Best Regards,
Ian Xue
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Hello, all my wsl commands in power shell are to return that the system can't find the specified file.And when I try to start ubuntu, it also prompts that the system cannot find the specified file, and the error code is 1 (0x00000001)
Hi，
How about the wslconfig command? Please see if you can run wslconfig /unregister <Distribution Name>
Hello,
I re-downloaded WSL from the Microsoft Store, and then turned the wsl function off and on again after the wsl name code worked normally. Thank you for your help.
Best Wishes
