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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x800701bc

Error when installing Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

Possible solutions:

  1. Enable CPU virtualization in the bios.
  2. Install the linux kernel updates. (worked for me!): Install update on linux. After installation, open Windows PowerShell and write wsl --set-default-version 2 and done! Problem solved!
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    I would like to give another solution to this problem. In short, problem is caused by wsl kernel update package installation.

    Followed up each steps as been told by this page Manual installation steps for older versions of WSL, but still recurring the same problem while installing. How come? after clicking on wsl_update_x64.msi installation which told me kernel updated perfected but still cannot install Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with 0x800701bc error code. I realize kernel update info might be truth negative/failed and could try some work around manually WSL 2 requires an update Github Issue #5014.

    According to onomatopellan’s answer from github, I could install Ubuntu 22.04 LTS after this work around.

    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:WindowsSystem32lxsstools

Final version shouldn't have this problem since the install comes from Windows Update.
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    I typed wsl --update and the new version of wsl is installed.
    Then I installed Ubuntu by wsl --install -d ubuntu and it worked.

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    Recently found similar errors while installing Ubuntu and Kali in WSL for Windows 11:

    Ubuntu

    WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x800701bc

    Kali

    error: 0x80370114 the operation could not be started because a required feature is not installed.

    It turns out the cause was the same for both errors. WSL requires a couple Windows Features to be turned on and in this scenario the feature Virtual Machine Platform was not.

    Solution

    1. Open Turn Windows features on or off
    2. Check Virtual Machine Platform box
    3. Check Windows Subsystem for Linux box
    4. Restart

    Distros can then be managed via a Command Prompt as per the quick list below:

    List the currently installed distributions

    wsl --list

    List the distros available to be installed

    wsl --list --online

    The following is a list of valid distributions that can be installed.
Install using 'wsl.exe --install <Distro>'.

NAME                                   FRIENDLY NAME
Ubuntu                                 Ubuntu
Debian                                 Debian GNU/Linux
kali-linux                             Kali Linux Rolling
Ubuntu-18.04                           Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu-20.04                           Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Ubuntu-22.04                           Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
OracleLinux_8_5                        Oracle Linux 8.5
OracleLinux_7_9                        Oracle Linux 7.9
SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-15-SP4    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
openSUSE-Leap-15.4                     openSUSE Leap 15.4
openSUSE-Tumbleweed                    openSUSE Tumbleweed

    Install a distro

    Picked Ubuntu from the listed names in the NAME column on the left:

    wsl --install Ubuntu

    Set a distro as the default

    wsl --set-default Ubuntu

    Start WSL with the default distro

    wsl

    To uninstall a distro

    wsl --unregister Ubuntu

    Environment
    CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
    OS: Windows 11 Home 22H2 – 64-bit

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