WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80040323

[DevPlus31]

Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.2311]

WSL Version

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

No response

Distro Version

Ubuntu 22.04

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

Installation

Expected Behavior

Installation success.

Actual Behavior

I had WSL working great, I installed the Windows Store version. then it wouldn't work
I've remove it completely from my system and re-install it from scratch now I cannot install any distro.

output:
Installing, this may take a few minutes...
WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80040323
Error: 0x80040323 (null)
Press any key to continue...

Diagnostic Logs

No response

[benhillis]

/logs

[ghost]

Hello! Could you please provide more logs to help us better diagnose your issue?

To collect WSL logs, download and execute collect-wsl-logs.ps1 in an administrative powershell prompt:

Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/WSL/master/diagnostics/collect-wsl-logs.ps1" -OutFile collect-wsl-logs.ps1
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
.\collect-wsl-logs.ps1

The scipt will output the path of the log file once done.

Once completed please upload the output files to this Github issue.

Click here for more info on logging

Thank you!

[DevPlus31]

WslLogs-2022-11-23_17-44-45.zip

Here is the result.

[benhillis]

@DevPlus31 - I don't see any WSL events in that trace. Did you start the trace, try to register the distro, then stop the trace?

[benhillis]

The error you are seeing looks like it's one of ours related to nested virtualization. Can you share the contents of you %userprofile%\.wslconfig file?

[DevPlus31]

I did a new tracing, sorry the other one is wrong.
WslLogs-2022-11-23_18-23-23.zip

my wslconfig file content:
[wsl2] nestedVirtualization=true kernel=C:\\Users\\Mustapha\\bzImage

[benhillis]

Thanks - it looks like your machine does not support nested virtualization. Try removing that line and it should work.

[DevPlus31]

Yes, I just set nestedVirtualization to false and it worked.
Any tool or command to confirm Nested virtualization is not supported, I am on a system with a Core i7 6700K.

[benhillis]

Nested virtualization is not enabled on Windows 10.

[DevPlus31]

Okay, thank you.

[benhillis]

No problem. I'll update the code to remove this error path and allow the VM to boot.