install WSL distribution with error code 0x80070001

[Ikki-Dai]

Environment

OS Name: Microsoft Windows 10 Professional
OS Version: 10.0.19041 N/A Build 19041

Windows build number: [run `[Environment]::OSVersion` for powershell, or `ver` for cmd]
Your Distribution version: [On Debian or Ubuntu run `lsb_release -r` in WSL]
Whether the issue is on WSL 2 and/or WSL 1: [run `cat /proc/version` in WSL]

Steps to reproduce

1. seems upgrade from previous version to win10 20.04
2. reinstal wsl distribution with this error code

WSL logs:

Expected behavior

wsl should be install success with tips which need to set username and password

Actual behavior

cmd give tips as below

Installing, this may take a few minutes...
WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80070001
WslRegisterDistribution failed
Error: 0x80070001 ??????

Press any key to continue...

and any wsl distrubition from ms store to install with the error

[therealkenc]

Please collect WSL logs and post the backlink to the feedback item here.

Ref #4420

[Ikki-Dai]

https://aka.ms/AAa502l

[Ikki-Dai]

after upgrade from wsl 1 to wsl 2, and run wsl --set-default-version 2

and here install an any distro form MS-Store, it show as below

WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80070001
WslRegisterDistribution failed
Error: 0x80070001 ??????

and if run wsl --list -v, it show nothing

if now run wsl --set-default-version 1 to set version back
then the installation can be processed success.

[Looooooka]

Just tried installing docker and this error came up. Trying a custom distro from the app store(Alpine) I was able to install it after running wsl --set-default-version 1 t
Still unable to start docker though.
Windows 11 Pro 10.0.22000

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