WSL wont start after GPU change (Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/CreateVm/ConfigureGpu/HCS/ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)

[altheeagle]

Windows Version

icrosoft Windows [Version 10.0.26100.2894]

WSL Version

2.3.26.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.167.4-1

Distro Version

Ubuntu

Other Software

I've changed my Graphics Card from a Nvidia GTX 970 to a Intel Arc B580 today. After this I couldn't use WSL anymore. The GPU Driver is 32.0.101.6257 and the WHQL only option in the GPU Software is turned on.

Repro Steps

Run wsl.exe or wsl.exe -d ubuntu

Expected Behavior

A Linux Terminal shows up

Actual Behavior

Getting the Error Message:

The system cannot find the specified file.
Errorcode: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/CreateVm/ConfigureGpu/HCS/ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND

(translatet from the german version:
Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden.
Fehlercode: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/CreateVm/ConfigureGpu/HCS/ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)

Diagnostic Logs

WslLogs-2025-01-24_17-23-02.zip

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Diagnostic information

.wslconfig found
Detected appx version: 2.3.26.0
Detected user visible error: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/CreateVm/ConfigureGpu/HCS/ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND

[altheeagle]

Additional Info what I already did:

Disabled the Windows-Subsystem for Linux, the Virtual Machine Plattform and the Hyper-V Features, rebooted and enabled them again.

also I ran
wsl.exe --uninstall
wsl.exe --update
wsl.exe

all with the same outcome

[vladislavdonchev]

Same issue here... Just swapped the GPUs in this case.

[altheeagle]

Today I tried a reinstall as described here Fix issues by reinstalling the current version of Windows - Microsoft Support and this helped. WSL is working again.

[vladislavdonchev]

Today I tried a reinstall as described here Fix issues by reinstalling the current version of Windows - Microsoft Support and this helped. WSL is working again.

Yeah, unfortunately no luck here... I'm gonna have to keep digging.

[vladislavdonchev]

Update

So far I've tried:

1. Putting the GPUs in the previous order.
2. Manually re-installing all virtualization components - Containers, HyperV, Virtual Machine Platform, WSL.
3. Reinstalling the Current Version of Windows.
4. Rolling back Windows to a restore point from before the change - after rolling back WSL is broken and needs reinstall, which then results in the same issue.
5. Trying with other distros...

[vladislavdonchev]

Final Update: I abandoned WSL and simply installed Ubuntu on Hyper-V. Everything is working fine and took less than a minute to set up...