Windows Subsystem for Linux Update - 5.10.93.2 failed to update

JdTissot 

Here's how to update for the latest kernel version: See screenshot

I got same error failed to update. 

wsl--update command returned the "not applicable for this processor" - or something similar, obv it was choosing the AMD not the x64 update i needed. many reboots later, still same error.  

the manual install today suggested above worked. 🙂 

interestingly, there is now a cab file called 5.10.102.2. released the same day as 5.10.102.1

Windows Subsystem for Linux Update - 5.10.102.2
my linux kernel version is now reported as 5.10.102.1  (not 102.2) , but thats fine. 

SAME HERE

JdTissot 

Microsoft has clearly screwed up this update. Ok, I can do a manual update and that solves the immediate problem. But I am reluctant to do so. It wouldn't be the first time that I did something manually outside the normal Update process that messed up Windows Update and caused all kinds of problems with other updates later on. Microsoft needs to fix their screw-up to keep the Windows Update sequence whole and intact. Working around update failures is a setup for more update failures down the line, has been my experience. Maybe this manual update won't do that, maybe it will. I'm not taking the chance after being burned before. Does MS even read this board? How do they get informed when they mess up something like this? Do they even care?

hey guys im excited to share that we were getting problem in 5.10.93.2 & me too but if u download wsl from ms store , run its code in cmd or powershell then directly in my laptop - todays just now released version of 5.10.102.1 got installed , guys check my kernel version.. wo hoo 🥳:party_popper:🔥

@Kelley1995 fix to manually download and update worked for me. Thanks for info.

JdTissot 

Same here as well 

0x80070661 - Linux 

JdTissot 

I would like to propose the following solution: 

Click on this link: 

https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=wsl 

Choose the correct version and then click on download. Choose the correct processor type. Download the CAB-file and extract it to get the corresponding MSI-file. Then install the MSI-file and it should be working. 

You may also use the WSL --update command to check for updates afterwards. 

It worked on my laptop.

Kind regards,

Kelley