Install WSL issue

I would like to install WSL because linux distros in Hyper-V are irritatingly slow for my GPU, so I though to get better performance with WSL, with which I have 0 XP.

Install fails with:

Code:

wsl --install -d Debian
Installing: Debian GNU/Linux
An error occurred during installation. Distribution Name: 'Debian GNU/Linux' Error Code: 0x8000ffff

Error code meaning:

Code:

C:\tools> .\err* 0x8000ffff
# for hex 0x8000ffff / decimal -2147418113
  E_UNEXPECTED                                                   winerror.h
# Catastrophic failure
# 1 matches found for "0x8000ffff"

I have installed\enabled the following optional features:

1. Hyper-V
2. Virtual machine platform
3. Windows Subsystem for Linux

There is no network issue, I tried with firewall disabled.

Any hints are welcome.

@NTN
Installing this app works and it gives me a console but I'm still unable to do anything with wsl.

tomdsr said:

have you tried any of this?

thanks, I've tried all of it including troubleshooting section.

The only step I didn't try is installing kernel update package which fails because subsystem is up to date.

Anyway I've given up from WSL and using Hyper-V, I don't need linux often maybe once in a month just to test some stuff so it's not a big issue.