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Windows PowerShell script to compact WSL vdisk (and recover unused disk space)
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| # Shut down WSL | |
| wsl --shutdown | |
| # Define the diskpart commands | |
| $diskpartCommands = @" | |
| select vdisk file="C:\path\to\image.vhdx" | |
| attach vdisk readonly | |
| compact vdisk | |
| detach vdisk | |
| "@ | |
| # Run diskpart with the commands | |
| $diskpartCommands | diskpart | |
| Write-Output "Done!" | |
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