Still getting WSL.lnk and waiting for an upgrade to finish errors.

[soutzis]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22631.2861]

WSL Version

WSL is finishing an upgrade... Update failed (exit code: 1603). Error code: Wsl/CallMsi/E_ABORT

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

WSL is finishing an upgrade... Update failed (exit code: 1603). Error code: Wsl/CallMsi/E_ABORT

Distro Version

Ubuntu

Other Software

Just running (trying to) wsl from powershell

Repro Steps

Same as issues in #10527

Expected Behavior

I just wanted my WSL distro to start and be able to use bash

Actual Behavior

WSL is finishing an upgrade...
Update failed (exit code: 1603).
Error code: Wsl/CallMsi/E_ABORT

Diagnostic Logs

Tell me what logs you need

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[soutzis]

Thank god my man Mikolaj shared the fix here: #10764 (comment)

[jcrben]

@OneBlue at the very least there's an error message that could be improved here I think