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

#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

Thanks. Restarting LxssManager solved it.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Restarting LxssManager solved it for me too

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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?

This can happen if Kasperski is installed.

This can happen if Kasperski is installed.

Did stopping the Kasperski solve it for you @ThrashAbaddon ?

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

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

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

this still works in 2025: #3352 (comment)

If anyone runs into this, the solution in #3352 (comment) didn't work for me because LxssManager seemed to not be present in my PC and I wasn't able to install it.

I was able to fix it with the solution in this SU thread https://superuser.com/questions/1725594/windows-lxssmanager-is-missing-from-services-msc

What worked for me was: in Powershell, run Restart-Service WSLService