WSL2 stopped working suddenly — HCS_E_HYPERV_NOT_INSTALLED error on Windows 11 Home

Question

Hi everyone,

I'm experiencing a sudden issue with WSL2 on my Windows 11 Home edition. Everything was working fine earlier today, but now I can't launch any of my WSL distros.

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• ✅ Virtualization is enabled in BIOS
• ✅ Windows is fully updated
• ✅ WSL, Virtual Machine Platform, and Hypervisor Platform features are enabled
• ✅ wsl --list --verbose shows all my distros using version 2
• ❌ But when I run wsl, I get the following error: WSL2 is not supported with your current machine configuration. Please enable the "Virtual Machine Platform" optional component and ensure virtualization is enabled in the BIOS. Enable "Virtual Machine Platform" by running: wsl.exe --install --no-distribution Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/CreateVm/HCS/HCS_E_HYPERV_NOT_INSTALLED

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• Confirmed features using:

    dism.exe /online /get-features /format:table
  

  All relevant features are Enabled:
  • VirtualMachinePlatform
  • Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
  • HypervisorPlatform
• Attempted to enable Microsoft-Hyper-V-All, but received:

    javascriptCopierModifierError: 0x800f080c – Feature not recognized
  

  (which makes sense, since I’m on Windows 11 Home and Hyper-V is not available)
• Ran wsl --shutdown, wsl --update, and wsl --set-default-version 2 with no improvement
• .vhdx file still exists — my data is there — but WSL can’t boot

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How can I fix this HCS_E_HYPERV_NOT_INSTALLED error on Windows 11 Home, when everything was working earlier and all required features are enabled?

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions!

Answer 1

Hello ,

I’m here to help you in resolving your issue

It looks like WSL2 has stopped working due to a missing Hyper-V component, even though Windows 11 Home does not support full Hyper-V.

Sometimes, Windows updates may reset certain settings. Try reinstalling WSL:

1: Open PowerShell as Administrator (Win + X > Terminal (Admin))

2: Run the following commands:

wsl --shutdown

wsl --unregister Ubuntu # Replace with your distro if needed

wsl --uninstall

wsl --install --no-distribution

3: Restart your PC and try running wsl again.

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Answer 2

This just started happening to me after a reboot, just now (today). I'm on Home.

First I uninstalled/reinstalled Virtual Machine Platform and Windows Hypervisor Platform with "Turn Windows features on or off." Rebooted. Same problem.

So I rebooted and dropped into the BIOS.

Somehow my BIOS virtualization setting had been toggled OFF. I'm pretty sure it was ON before and I definitely have not changed that setting in a year or maybe years. Turned it back on. Now WSL/Ubuntu starts up again.

Maybe my MB battery needs replacing ...? It's closing in on a decade old sooooo

Answer 3

what if this keep continue ??
I'm also facing these type of error and used to uninstall everything and tried to install new but my data been lost