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WSL.md

WSL

Command

List all distros

wsl -l -v

List distro location

(Get-ChildItem HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lxss | ForEach-Object {Get-ItemProperty $_.PSPath}) | select DistributionName,BasePath,VhdFileName

Move distro to other location

Shutdown all WSL distros

wsl --shutdown

Export distro to tar file

wsl --export <distro-name> d:\wsl\export\<distro-name>.tar

Unregister the distro

wsl --unregister <distro-name>

Import from tar file

wsl --import <distro-name> d:\wsl\<distro-name> d:\wsl\export\<distro-name>.tar --version 2

Move distro to other location (2)

cd D:\
mkdir WSL
cd WSL
wsl --export Ubuntu ubuntu.tar
wsl --unregister Ubuntu
mkdir Ubuntu
wsl --import Ubuntu Ubuntu ubuntu.tar

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