Cannot update to latest WSL 2 kernel using the .msi installer

[risingfish]

Environment

Platform ServicePack Version VersionString

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Platform ServicePack Version      VersionString
-------- ----------- -------      -------------
 Win32NT             10.0.19041.0 Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19041.0

Your Distribution version: Ubuntu 20.04

Linux version 4.19.104-microsoft-standard (oe-user@oe-host) (gcc version 8.2.0 (GCC)) #1 SMP Wed Feb 19 06:37:35 UTC 2020

(from wsl.exe -l -v)
  NAME            STATE           VERSION
* Ubuntu-20.04    Running         2

Steps to reproduce

Downloaded kernel updated based on https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-kernel
Run the kernel updater and observe the error

Expected behavior

The kernel updater runs

Actual behavior

Running the kernel updater produces the error:
This update only applies to machines with the Windows Subsystem for Linux.

I obviously has WSL installed, and it is running correctly. I have followed the troubleshooting guide on the page at the url above, and I continue to see this error. As far as I can tell I have WSL 2 installed, I went through the installation

One interesting missing behavior i noticed was the install ed does not prompt for elevated permissions. I don't know if that would be necessary, but it doesn't do it. I originally had WSL 1 installed and followed this guide to update to v2: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

[therealkenc]

This update only applies to machines with the Windows Subsystem for Linux.

I've seen that error message too. It is incorrect (and tragically misleading), and it would be nice if it were corrected. That said, you are already on the shipping kernel (4.19.104). So correcting the popup, while being a heck of a lot better, wouldn't get you a new kernel. Same #5650 (message).

[bpulliam]

Closing as duplicate of #5650. There have been numerous fixes to the kernel installer so this should be hitting much less. Please open a new issue if you are still seeing this.