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Error: 0x800701bc WSL 2 requires an update to its kernel component.
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WSL 2 requires an update to its kernel component.md

For WSL2 you will need 2 Windows components so make sure they are already enabled: Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux VirtualMachinePlatform

Also it seems some people have problems with the installer extracting the kernel. You can always extract it manually with: msiexec /a "wsl_update_x64.msi" /qb TARGETDIR="C:\temp" and then copy the kernel file from C:\temp to C:\Windows\System32\lxss\tools

Final version shouldn't have this problem since the install comes from Windows Update.

https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/wsl_update_x64.msi

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