Your whole WSL distro is one file: ext4.vhdx. Copy that file, and you have everything. Home dir, installed packages, configs, all of it.
Store-installed distros:
C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Packages\\LocalState\ext4.vhdx
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How I saved my WSL from a bricked Windows with one robocopy
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