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WSL list

Get-ChildItem "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lxss" -Recurse

Move WSL to another drive/PC

wsl --export Ubuntu .\Ubuntu\ext4.vhdx --vhd
wsl --unregister Ubuntu
wsl --import-in-place Ubuntu .\Ubuntu\ext4.vhdx

After export and import, the new instance will use root by default. If you want to continue to use that user, please configure it via registry table.

Find the directory in registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lxss which DistributionName is “Ubuntu”. Set its DefaultUid to decimal 1000 (or hex 3e8).

Set default user on login

/etc/wsl.con

[user]
default=username
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