open-wsl.exe window closes immediately, mintty.exe Failed to run '/bin/bash': No such file or directory

[henkson]

I have been using wsl-terminal 0.8.13 successfully, but it suddenly stopped working.

I have read issues #36 and #63, but I did not find a solution.

Using the wslbridge command did not really help:

C:\wsl-terminal\bin>wslbridge bash -c pwd

C:\wsl-terminal\bin>wslbridge echo abc & echo %errorlevel%
-2147483647

When running mintty.exe directly, a new window opens and gives this error:

/bin/bash: Exit 126.
Failed to run '/bin/bash': No such file or directory

However, when typing bash directly at the windows cmd prompt, it starts without problem:

C:\wsl-terminal\bin>bash
me@machine:/mnt/c/wsl-terminal/bin$

or

C:\wsl-terminal\bin> bash -c pwd
/mnt/c/wsl-terminal/bin

[henkson]

Apparently, I screwed up myself by changing the .bashrc and .profile files. Restoring them, fixed my problem.

[henkson]

Reopen: I don't know what temporarily fixed it, but it is broken again. I even re-installed my entire Ubuntu WSL, but I still get the error.

[priyadarshan]

I am having exact same issue.

[ifeue]

same issue.

[itsjef]

Same issue, refer: https://github.com/mintty/wsltty/issues/156