microsoft / microsoft/WSL

Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service.

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  • Your Windows build number: (Type ver at a Windows Command Prompt)

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19041.264]

  • What you're doing and what's happening: (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.)

Trying to execute kali linux in WSL2 results into an error

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

The error is Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service. however the instance should run correctly. Rebooting solves the issue

Restarting the HV Host Service seems to work too.

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