Bash on Windows shows nothing

[dm-vodopyanov]

• A brief description
  I have updated to Anniversary Update and bash works fine. After that I have installed the following usual apps (which should not be affect the bash): iTunes, Steam, foobar2000, Skype, MEGAsync, avast, 7-zip.
  As a result, Bash on Ubuntu on Windows shows nothing:

• Expected results
  Bash should work
• Actual results (with terminal output if applicable)
  Bash doesn't work
• Your Windows build number
  Version 1607 (OS Build 14393.10)
• Steps / commands required to reproduce the error
  1. Run Bash. Bash opened with empty screen (see screenshot above)
  2. Uninstall all the apps described above
  3. Reboot
  4. Run Bash. All the same.
  5. Try to uninstall Ubuntu using lxrun.exe /uninstall
  6. Uninstalled successfully.
  7. Disable Windows Subsystem for Linux (Beta) in Windows Features
  8. Reboot
  9. Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux (Beta) in Windows Features
  10. Reboot
  11. Try to install bash: lxrun.exe /install
  12. The install freezes and bash stiil doesn't work, see the screenshot below.
  13. Nevertheless, C:\Users\Dmitry\AppData\Local\lxss has all necessary files (executed TREE /F /A in C:\Users\Dmitry\AppData\Local\lxss) -> log:
      lxss_structure.txt

• Strace of the failing command
  None
• Required packages and commands to install
  None

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[aseering]

Hi @dmitryvodop -- thanks for reporting this issue! There's a lot going on in your configuration, but one thing stands out -- there are a bunch of known issues ( #703 , #718 , etc) where Avast, even if it's installed but disabled, conflicts with Bash. (Avast checks for security threats; WSL creates a whole new type of Linux process, Avast seems to not really know what to do with it...)

Could you take a look through those tickets and see if they're the same issue?

[dm-vodopyanov]

Thanks, @aseering! After full uninstalling of Avast, the issue was resolved.

This issue can be called as a duplicate of the issues that you provided above.