Issues creating Ubuntu user account

Issue:

You have issues with the WSL (with Ubuntu) installation, such as:

• No window pops up after restarting your computer (after running the wsl --install command)

• You accidentally closed the Ubuntu window before it finished

• You made a mistake when creating your username or password

• You get an error that might look similar to this:

  

Solution(s)

1. Reset Ubuntu user account

Reset your Ubuntu user account with the following steps:

1. Open a Powershell Terminal window.

2. Run the following command to reset the Ubuntu setup:

   wsl --unregister Ubuntu

3. Then run the install command again:

   wsl --install

4. Close all Terminal/Powershell windows.

5. Open the Ubuntu app (search in the start menu)

This should then open a Terminal window that will start Installing Ubuntu again, and then you can set up your username and password again.

Password not showing

Note that when you enter your new password in the terminal, it won’t show any output, but it is reading the keyboard input.

If you still have issues, doing steps 1-4 above, and then restart your computer before doing step 5.

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