WSL CFG

• WSL distro installation stuck
  1. Open "Windows Security"
  2. Open "App & Browser control"
  3. Click "Exploit protection settings" at the bottom
  4. Switch to "Program settings" tab
  5. Add/Locate Hyper-V Host Compute Service: C:\WINDOWS\System32\vmcompute.exe in the list and expand it
  6. Click "Edit"
  7. Scroll down to "Code flow guard (CFG)" and check "Override system settings" (CFG must be ON for this app!)
  8. Check "Use strict CFG".
  9. Click "Apply".
  10. Reboot

WSL Pengwin VHD

• Proper way to backup/restore Pengwin #598
• Determine archive location, and update $FileName.
• Determine previous installation location, and update $InstallLocation.
• To avoid error messages, wsl --unregister WLinux.

  # wsl --export <Distro> <FileName[.tar|.vhdx]> [--vhd]
  # VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) is a file-based virtual disk that represents a Linux
  # file system.
  $FileName = "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\WLinux.vhdx"
  wsl --export WLinux "$FileName" --vhd
  
  # wsl --import <Distro> <InstallLocation> <FileName> [Options]
  #   [--version <1|2>]
  #   [--vhd]
  $InstallLocation = Get-Item -Path ("$env:LOCALAPPDATA\" +
    "Packages\WhitewaterFoundryLtd.Co.16571368D6CFF_kd1vv0z0vy70w\LocalState\")
  $FileName = Get-Item -Path "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\WLinux.vhdx"
  
  wsl --import WLinux "$InstallLocation" "$FileName" --version 2 --vhd
  pengwin.exe config --default-user jdfen