in case one wants to reinstall a clean version of Ubuntu in WSL (WIndows 10) the following error may occur when starting Ubuntu for the first time:
Fehler beim Anfügen des Datenträgers "C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu24.04LTS_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState\ext4.vhdx" an WSL2:
Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden.
Fehlercode: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/MountVhd/HCS/ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
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this issue can be solved by executing the steps provided here
TLDR:
inside a PowerShell (open as Admin): wsl –l to display avalalbe versions of Ubuntu
wsl --unregister Ubuntu-24.04 (for Ubuntu24.04, replace with your version)
Hi @AndreWeiner,
in case one wants to reinstall a clean version of Ubuntu in WSL (WIndows 10) the following error may occur when starting Ubuntu for the first time:
this issue can be solved by executing the steps provided here
TLDR:
PowerShell(open as Admin):wsl –lto display avalalbe versions of Ubuntuwsl --unregister Ubuntu-24.04(for Ubuntu24.04, replace with your version)Regards, Janis