WSL installation fails with error "0x8007019e" plus "wsl -l -v" gives an error "Wsl/0x80080005"

[Khajiit-Rakaj]

Windows Version

10.0.22631.37372

WSL Version

2.2.4.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.153.1-2

Distro Version

Ubuntu 22.04

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

wsl --install
wsl -l -v

Expected Behavior

wsl --install should install default distro as Ubuntu and lauch it
wsl -l -v should give WSL version

Actual Behavior

Executing wsl --install command returns an error "0x8007019e The Windows Subsystem for Linux has not been enabled.".

wsl --install
Ubuntu is already installed.
Launching Ubuntu...
Error: 0x8007019e The Windows Subsystem for Linux has not been enabled.

Press any key to continue...
The operation completed successfully.

Executing wsl -l -v command returns an error "Wsl/0x80080005".

wsl -l -v
Server execution failed
Error code: Wsl/0x80080005

Diagnostic Logs

WSL logs
WslLogs-2024-08-08_13-30-30.zip
For reasons I don't understand, during the execution of repro steps, in Process manager I found two icons for Linux subsystems and, therefore, created two WSL dump files in case it will be needed
wsl.zip
wsl-2.zip

[Khajiit-Rakaj]

The first problem I ran into was an error "0x8007019e", which appeared when I tried to open Ubuntu after the installation (the first time installation didn't give any error). I tried to troubleshoot it following this issue #10850. However, during troubleshooting I ran into error "Wsl/0x80080005". Then I tried to troubleshoot second error with this issue #10305, but nothing helped. Developer mode is enabled, Hardware Virtualization is enabled and there is no "Windows Subsystem for Linux" in Windows components

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Diagnostic information

Multiple log files found, using: https://github.com/user-attachments/files/17110404/WslLogs-2024-08-08_13-30-30.zip
Detected appx version: 2.2.4.0

[OneBlue]

@Khajiit-Rakaj: This is interesting, I don't see a WSL optional feature in the logs. Which version of Windows are you using ?

[Khajiit-Rakaj]

@OneBlue I'm using Windows 10 (version 10.0.22631.37372). Can you, please, explain, what is the issue you've mentioned about and how can I use it to solve my problem?

[OneBlue]

@Khajiit-Rakaj: The issue is essentially that your machine is missing an optional component to run WSL. Do you see this in optionalfeatures.exe ?

[Khajiit-Rakaj]

@OneBlue No, as I mentioned above, there is no "Windows Subsystem for Linux" in optionalfeatures.exe

[OneBlue]

Interesting. Can you share a screenshot of winver, and a screenshot of regedit for the Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion key ?

[Khajiit-Rakaj]

Yes, sure. However, I found out that my Windows' version is different in winver compared to Command prompt information (I added both screenshots, but now I have no idea, which version is right)

[Khajiit-Rakaj]

@OneBlue, can you, please, explain, which Windows version am I having? And what are possible reasons, why Windows' versions in winver and Command prompt are different?

[OneBlue]

@Khajiit-Rakaj: I'm actually not sure. Your windows build might be in a bad state. You can try to run "sfc /scannow" to try to get it back to a proper state but unfortunately if the optional component doesn't show at all it might be that you'll need to re-install Windows to solve this.

[Khajiit-Rakaj]

@OneBlue I ran "sfc /scannow" and rebooted system, but there still no "Windows Subsystem for Linux" in Windows components and I got the same errors.
My last question: is there a possibility, that my problems arise from hardware? I have gaming MSI laptop, which may have caused these problems, but I don't sure

[OneBlue]

Ok. Unfortunately I'm not sure what could cause this. The only thing I can recommend would be to re-install windows at that point. Sorry :(