How to rename this path /mountpoint "\\wsl$\ubuntu-2004" (to "\\wsl$\ubuntu")

[tveyben]

As I finally upgraded from ubuntu 20.04 to 24.04.1 LTS I see that the auto-generated path to access Ubuntu from the windows filesystem is now misleading. I'd like to please my OCD and remove the version number from the path (but searching only give me hits regarding how to set the work path...)

[tveyben]

More googling found a gist with an answer, I made a comment with the latest changes needed
https://gist.github.com/aronreisx/2de3d04e35003e2a167c28525013ff58

For reference I'll paste my comment here as well
1. Stop all instances of WSL
On PowerShell run the command: wsl --shutdown

	2. Open Registry Editor and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lxss
		Each subfolder on Lxss represents a distro

	3. Locate and rename the distro you want
		Inside each distro folder you have the DistributionName, change it and click ok

	4. Go to Windows Terminal -> Settings ->[the Ubuntu distribution, EG 'Ubuntu-20.04'] -> Command line
	Change to reflect the new name
		EG 'wsl.exe -d Ubuntu-20.04' -> 'wsl.exe -d Ubuntu'

	5. Rename all shortcuts (if you have these - I do in Total Commander) to match the new path
		EG \\wsl$\Ubuntu-20.04\home\<me>\ -> \\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\<me>\

	6. Launch the distribution from Windows Terminal
		As a side effect this (re-)starts the WSL service