Open gzz2000 opened 4 years ago
Belim
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4 years ago So WSL is distributed via APPX file format which is used for installing/uninstalling UWP/Modern apps!? Didnt know that ... Hmm
Did you install your Linux Distro via the Microsoft store?
gzz2000
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4 years ago So WSL is distributed via APPX file format which is used for installing/uninstalling UWP/Modern apps!? Didnt know that ... Hmm
Did you install your Linux Distro via the Microsoft store?
Yes. I installed WSL1 ubuntu 16.04 via MS store. The filesystem lies in %APPDATA%\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState\rootfs.
This directory is deleted completely after the removal of apps.
lhoe
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3 years ago Same Issue here. Everything got deleted.
Afterwards I reinstalled WSL manually ( see https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/windows/wsl/install-manual ) and ran the tool again. Again everything was deleted.
Ideally there would be an output that shows which of the detected apps will get deleted.
MrDetonia
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3 years ago Just ran into this myself and lost a bunch of ssh keys. 🤦
+1 to a summary of which apps will be deleted, or some sort of sensible blacklist that can be updated with known bloatware store apps.
Bondrake
commented
3 years ago Same thing just happened here. Not fun. Please fix.
brucosper
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3 years ago Same issue here. At the very least a warning would be nice.
s4nket
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2 years ago Yup. just deleted Ubuntu, Windows Terminal, Lenovo Vantage and Lenovoo Hotkeys :( atleast a warning would have been nice
.. which got me in trouble...... Now I have lost some files within WSL1 filesystem, and all of the environments I configured in it and I have to reinstall it completely Please consider adding WSL to some whitelist