Failed to configure network (networkingMode Nat)

[sussyboy123]

Windows Version

10.0.22631.3880

WSL Version

2.3.11.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

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Distro Version

Ubuntu

Other Software

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Repro Steps

N/A

Expected Behavior

WSL was working fine and i tried to restart wsl and i got this error "Failed to configure network (networkingMode Nat). To disable networking, set wsl2.networkingMode=None in C:\Users\youse.wslconfig
Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/CreateVm/ConfigureNetworking/HNS/ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND" and VMP is enabled

Actual Behavior

Failed to configure network (networkingMode Nat). To disable networking, set wsl2.networkingMode=None in C:\Users\youse.wslconfig
Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/CreateVm/ConfigureNetworking/HNS/ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND

Diagnostic Logs

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The log file doesn't contain any WSL traces. Please make sure that you reproduced the issue while the log collection was running.

Diagnostic information

.wslconfig found
Detected appx version: 2.3.11.0
Found no WSL traces in the logs

[sussyboy123]

WslLogs-2024-07-20_01-55-24.zip
heres the logs

[github-actions]

The logs show that the VM failed to start because the HNS network couldn't be created. Adding network tag

Diagnostic information

.wslconfig found
Detected appx version: 2.3.11.0
Detected user visible error: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/CreateVm/ConfigureNetworking/HNS/ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
Found evidence of HcnCreateNetwork failure: HcnCreateNetwork {"Success":false,"Error":"The system cannot find the file specified. ","ErrorCode":2147942402}. HResult: 0x80070002

[sussyboy123]

I Fixed The Problem, you should reinstall vmware if you uninstall it

[rwayan]

I Fixed The Problem, you should reinstall vmware if you uninstall it

reinstall VMware fix this ?