Working around WSL Installation Error Windows 11

by | Apr 7, 2025 | IT Tips | 0 comments

Just tried to install WSL on a fresh install of windows 11 with the recommended command run as administrator

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wsl --install

Kept getting

downloading: ubuntu an error occurred during installation. distribution name: 'ubuntu' error code: 0x80072ee7

Tried rebooting

What did work was doing an update

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wsl --update

Working after upgrade

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