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After exporting WSL from C: drive to D: drive, WT logs in as root, but it has nothing inside of it. #18185

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opened 2026-01-31 06:06:10 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 06:06:10 +00:00
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Originally created by @dddictionary on GitHub (Aug 15, 2022).

Windows Terminal version

1.14.1962.0

Windows build number

10.0.19044

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

Used this website to export/import wsl from C: drive to D: drive. Doing this led to WT not recognizing Ubuntu/logging me in a root.

cd D:\
mkdir WSL
cd WSL
wsl --export Ubuntu ubuntu.tar
wsl --unregister Ubuntu
mkdir Ubuntu
wsl --import Ubuntu Ubuntu ubuntu.tar

Went into HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lxss to change the DefaultUid value from 0 to 1000 (decimal).

If I go into powershell and run wsl -d Ubuntu everything launches fine and my files/data is all there.

Expected Behavior

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Actual Behavior

After all of this, launching WT throws me into this
wetweatget
which has no files inside of it. Essentially, it does not log in as my user and direct me to /home/<user> as it did before.

Originally created by @dddictionary on GitHub (Aug 15, 2022). ### Windows Terminal version 1.14.1962.0 ### Windows build number 10.0.19044 ### Other Software _No response_ ### Steps to reproduce Used [this](https://blog.iany.me/2020/06/move-wsl-to-another-drive/) website to export/import wsl from C: drive to D: drive. Doing this led to WT not recognizing Ubuntu/logging me in a root. ``` cd D:\ mkdir WSL cd WSL wsl --export Ubuntu ubuntu.tar wsl --unregister Ubuntu mkdir Ubuntu wsl --import Ubuntu Ubuntu ubuntu.tar ``` Went into `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lxss` to change the `DefaultUid` value from 0 to 1000 (decimal). If I go into powershell and run `wsl -d Ubuntu` everything launches fine and my files/data is all there. ### Expected Behavior _No response_ ### Actual Behavior After all of this, launching WT throws me into this ![wetweatget](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/86024593/184726918-28a4a4f9-28e4-412b-bef5-a725b39fe6f5.png) which has no files inside of it. Essentially, it does not log in as my user and direct me to `/home/<user>` as it did before.
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