WSL2: Why do I have to shutdown WSL to restart WSL after restarting PC

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nnhthuan picture nnhthuan · Sep 13, 2020 · Viewed 10.7k times · Source

I have my windows set up WSL with Ubuntu. It has been working fine for a while, until I upgraded to WSL2.

The problem is: every time I start up my PC (or restarting my PC), it lost the connection from Ubuntu to Windows drives.

I got the message like this:

cd: Input/output error: /mnt/d/

The above problem could be solved easily by running this:

wsl.exe --shutdown

I want to solve this problem permanently, instead of shutting down WSL every time I got the problem.

Any idea how to fix this permanently?

Answer

Smithienious picture Smithienious · Mar 25, 2021

This sounds like a fast startup problem. Try disabling it in the Control Panel.enter image description here

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