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    If you're getting the error 0x80070005, you need to run the exe file as administrator.
    – March Ho
    Commented Nov 12, 2018 at 20:25
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    Top instructions. Thanks. FYI: If you are like me, and unzipped the distro in a silly location the first time... You will find wslconfig /list and wslconfig /unregister are your friends...
    – spechter
    Commented Feb 7, 2019 at 5:11
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    I believe that the distribution should be extracted onto your system drive, as mentioned here: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/…
    – Matti Wens
    Commented Apr 23, 2019 at 10:19
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    Note: the 0x80070005 errors pops for a lot of reasons. If you want to look for workarounds, look here: github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/3020
    – Bewc
    Commented Oct 29, 2019 at 17:50
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    In case anyone else comes across this while trying to install Debian, note that the Store version of Debian has been updated to Debian 10, but the aka.ms link is still Debian 9. Opened an issue for it here: github.com/MicrosoftDocs/WSL/issues/563
    – tdashroy
    Commented Mar 10, 2020 at 0:56