WSL2 WSLRegisterDistribution Error 0x80071772
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Description
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Your Windows build number: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Version 10.0.19041.207 (Type
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What you're doing and what's happening: Download Ubuntu 20.04 LTS from Microsoft Store, Go to windows start menu and start Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Or go to command line and type ubuntu2004) (Copy&paste the full set of specific command-line steps necessary to reproduce the behavior, and their output. Include screen shots if that helps demonstrate the problem.)
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What's wrong / what should be happening instead: I get the following error
Ubuntu2004
Installing, this may take a few minutes...
WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80071772
Error: 0x80071772 The specified file is encrypted and the user does not have the ability to decrypt it.
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First steps
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the Microsoft Store Ubuntu 20.04 installation steps on the reported Windows build and inspect the WslRegisterDistribution 0x80071772 output. Done means identifying and resolving the encrypted-file registration failure so Ubuntu launches successfully under WSL2.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, ubuntu
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100