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How to set default user for manually installed WSL distro "wsl --import"
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Side Note: This question was specifically about setting the default username in an imported instance. However, for completeness, you can also set the default username for a distro that was installed from the Store (or wsl --install) with:

<distro>.exe config --default-user <username>

For instance, if you installed "Ubuntu 20.04" from the Store, you would use:

ubuntu2004.exe config --default-user <username>

The .exe here is an "App Execution Alias" in Windows. You can check the name by going to "Manage app execution aliases" in the Windows System Settings.

Original post by superuser.com

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