Ubuntu on WSL gets corrupted - WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x800700b7

[icex]

• Your Windows build number: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.137]

• What you're doing and what's happening:
  Sometimes, after a reboot, when I open Ubuntu I receive the error below and the only solution so far is to reinstall it clean or never reboot(ever). Same issue happened on 18.04 and on 16.04 and I had to reinstall, loosing all my config.

• What's wrong / what should be happening instead:

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WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x800700b7
The distribution installation has become corrupted.
Please select Reset from App Settings or uninstall and reinstall the app.
Error: 0x800700b7 Cannot create a file when that file already exists.

Press any key to continue...

[icex]

PS: This happened on my PC and on my Laptop, both after a reboot.

[MVoz]

#634 (comment)

cmda.exe

sc query LxssManager
sc stop LxssManager
sc start LxssManager

and so apparently you have something with the system, check for errors

sfc /scannow
dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

[icex]

Thanks. Restarting LxssManager solved it.

"Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations."

[nick-walt]

After running wslconfig /unregister Ubuntu-18.04 I received the error that started this thread. Restarting LxssManager service did not resolve it. However, uninstalling the instance did resolve it.

[KenLast]

Thank you. I ran into the same thing and restarting the service as you describe fixed it.

[saidfagan]

I get this error on both Ubuntu and OpenSuse. Restarting LxssManager solves it. But when I restart my Windows problem happens again. Any ideas?

[icex]

I had a scheduled task to start some services (using a Vbs script) and I think I had checked run as administrator. I guess that was my cause for this. I could be wrong, but check that if you’re running at startup.

[NicholasIoanJones]

Restarting LxssManager solved it for me too

[caal-15]

Restarting the Manager does resolve it, but it happens everytime I start the PC again :(

[kj-joseph]

@caal-15: I found this very helpful: #2576 (comment)

[caal-15]

@kj-joseph Thank you!, that was actually really helpful :)

[epogrebnyak]

For those looking how to restart LxssManager, here is an instruction.

[objt-ba]

In my case, stopping the LxssManager takes ages, and after stopping it, it won't start again.
After a full system reboot everything works again though.

Now, what I have found, is that if an application displays an exception while being connected through an in-line command. (i.e. ubuntu1604 <command>) this can sometimes hang the system. My guess is that this command never comes to an end, and as a result there is no way to use that instance anymore. ... until a full system reboot in my case.

[jrdx0]

I cant restart LxssManager, it's stop and when I try to run it, console print ERROR 1058

[vseal001]

I found a better way to deal it, first delete the files, then delete reg, then reinstall.
Finaly： its work

[CiaranWelsh]

I found a better way to deal it, first delete the files, then delete reg, then reinstall.
Finaly： its work

Could you be more specific so others can try and replicate your solution?

[ThrashAbaddon]

This can happen if Kasperski is installed.

[vjkaran]

This can happen if Kasperski is installed.

Did stopping the Kasperski solve it for you @ThrashAbaddon ?

[juanccamachob94]

I came here because of this error

error 0x8007010b al iniciar wsl.exe -d Ubuntu-18.04 (C:/mnt/c/)

It seems that they updated some features of the terminal and my home path /mnt/c/Users/Developer/Documents/ no longer works, but making the following change works, and better, because I can access subdirectories that before the home path did not allow me.

(this picture belongs to terminal configuration)

I leave it here in case it helps someone

[LiLejia]

Fore those of you still in trouble.
Download rootfs and import manually could at least work.
https://gist.github.com/djfdyuruiry/61e32fb69645bd2618182ee17373d068

[Usman-Click]

Well... i'm here in 2024

in my case it got solved after i reset the distribution

these are the steps :

• Open Settings:
  Press Windows + I to open the Settings app.
  Navigate to Apps:

• Go to Apps > Apps & features.
  Find Your Linux Distribution:

• Scroll through the list of installed apps and find your Linux distribution (e.g., Ubuntu, Debian).
  Reset the App:

• Click on the distribution and then click Advanced options.
  Scroll down and click Reset.

re-open your distribution and ta-da i'll work In shaa Allah