Rebooting WSL in Windows 1803
In past versions of Windows 10, WSL could be exited by closing all active terminals but with the introduction of background tasks in WSL this no longer works. Is there a way to exit WSL without rebooting the host system?
windows-10 windows-subsystem-for-linux windows-10-v1803
asked May 3 '18 at 14:53
laveryalaverya
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In past versions of Windows 10, WSL could be exited by closing all active terminals but with the introduction of background tasks in WSL this no longer works. Is there a way to exit WSL without rebooting the host system?
windows-10 windows-subsystem-for-linux windows-10-v1803
asked May 3 '18 at 14:53
laveryalaverya
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Stop the background task from wsl.
– Biswapriyo
May 3 '18 at 17:27
Background task create a process withwslhost.exeexecutable. One may kill that process but the result will be catastrophic.
– Biswapriyo
May 3 '18 at 17:30
I suppose setting up an alias to kill all background tasks and exit would work, it just feels like far too much of a hack. But if that's what it takes, that's what I'll do
– laverya
May 3 '18 at 18:30
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In past versions of Windows 10, WSL could be exited by closing all active terminals but with the introduction of background tasks in WSL this no longer works. Is there a way to exit WSL without rebooting the host system?
windows-10 windows-subsystem-for-linux windows-10-v1803
asked May 3 '18 at 14:53
laveryalaverya
15318
In past versions of Windows 10, WSL could be exited by closing all active terminals but with the introduction of background tasks in WSL this no longer works. Is there a way to exit WSL without rebooting the host system?
windows-10 windows-subsystem-for-linux windows-10-v1803
windows-10 windows-subsystem-for-linux windows-10-v1803
asked May 3 '18 at 14:53
laveryalaverya
15318
asked May 3 '18 at 14:53
laveryalaverya
15318
asked May 3 '18 at 14:53
laveryalaverya
15318
asked May 3 '18 at 14:53
laveryalaverya
15318
asked May 3 '18 at 14:53
laveryalaverya
15318
15318
Stop the background task from wsl.
– Biswapriyo
May 3 '18 at 17:27
Background task create a process withwslhost.exeexecutable. One may kill that process but the result will be catastrophic.
– Biswapriyo
May 3 '18 at 17:30
I suppose setting up an alias to kill all background tasks and exit would work, it just feels like far too much of a hack. But if that's what it takes, that's what I'll do
– laverya
May 3 '18 at 18:30
add a comment |
Stop the background task from wsl.
– Biswapriyo
May 3 '18 at 17:27
Background task create a process withwslhost.exeexecutable. One may kill that process but the result will be catastrophic.
– Biswapriyo
May 3 '18 at 17:30
I suppose setting up an alias to kill all background tasks and exit would work, it just feels like far too much of a hack. But if that's what it takes, that's what I'll do
– laverya
May 3 '18 at 18:30
Stop the background task from wsl.
– Biswapriyo
May 3 '18 at 17:27
Stop the background task from wsl.
– Biswapriyo
May 3 '18 at 17:27
Background task create a process with
wslhost.exe executable. One may kill that process but the result will be catastrophic.– Biswapriyo
May 3 '18 at 17:30
Background task create a process with
wslhost.exe executable. One may kill that process but the result will be catastrophic.– Biswapriyo
May 3 '18 at 17:30
I suppose setting up an alias to kill all background tasks and exit would work, it just feels like far too much of a hack. But if that's what it takes, that's what I'll do
– laverya
May 3 '18 at 18:30
I suppose setting up an alias to kill all background tasks and exit would work, it just feels like far too much of a hack. But if that's what it takes, that's what I'll do
– laverya
May 3 '18 at 18:30
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Yes, it is.
As an Administrator restart the windows Service "LxssManager" on Windows 10.
This does a clean boot of the WSL.
The services in the Linux Subsystem - for example xrdp - must be restarted if not enabled for autostart.
answered Jul 4 '18 at 13:30
det13egdet13eg
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WIN+R ->services.msc
Find
LxssManager
Right-click ->
Restart
answered Aug 10 '18 at 0:05
samddsamdd
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A Powershell solution
Get-Service LxssManager | Restart-Service
answered Feb 11 at 10:02
Frank FuFrank Fu
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Yes, it is.
As an Administrator restart the windows Service "LxssManager" on Windows 10.
This does a clean boot of the WSL.
The services in the Linux Subsystem - for example xrdp - must be restarted if not enabled for autostart.
answered Jul 4 '18 at 13:30
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Yes, it is.
As an Administrator restart the windows Service "LxssManager" on Windows 10.
This does a clean boot of the WSL.
The services in the Linux Subsystem - for example xrdp - must be restarted if not enabled for autostart.
answered Jul 4 '18 at 13:30
det13egdet13eg
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Yes, it is.
As an Administrator restart the windows Service "LxssManager" on Windows 10.
This does a clean boot of the WSL.
The services in the Linux Subsystem - for example xrdp - must be restarted if not enabled for autostart.
answered Jul 4 '18 at 13:30
det13egdet13eg
8612
Yes, it is.
As an Administrator restart the windows Service "LxssManager" on Windows 10.
This does a clean boot of the WSL.
The services in the Linux Subsystem - for example xrdp - must be restarted if not enabled for autostart.
answered Jul 4 '18 at 13:30
det13egdet13eg
8612
answered Jul 4 '18 at 13:30
det13egdet13eg
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answered Jul 4 '18 at 13:30
det13egdet13eg
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answered Jul 4 '18 at 13:30
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WIN+R ->services.msc
Find
LxssManager
Right-click ->
Restart
answered Aug 10 '18 at 0:05
samddsamdd
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WIN+R ->services.msc
Find
LxssManager
Right-click ->
Restart
answered Aug 10 '18 at 0:05
samddsamdd
7292511
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WIN+R ->services.msc
Find
LxssManager
Right-click ->
Restart
answered Aug 10 '18 at 0:05
samddsamdd
7292511
WIN+R ->services.msc
Find
LxssManager
Right-click ->
Restart
answered Aug 10 '18 at 0:05
samddsamdd
7292511
answered Aug 10 '18 at 0:05
samddsamdd
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answered Aug 10 '18 at 0:05
samddsamdd
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A Powershell solution
Get-Service LxssManager | Restart-Service
answered Feb 11 at 10:02
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A Powershell solution
Get-Service LxssManager | Restart-Service
answered Feb 11 at 10:02
Frank FuFrank Fu
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A Powershell solution
Get-Service LxssManager | Restart-Service
answered Feb 11 at 10:02
Frank FuFrank Fu
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A Powershell solution
Get-Service LxssManager | Restart-Service
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Stop the background task from wsl.
– Biswapriyo
May 3 '18 at 17:27
Background task create a process with
wslhost.exeexecutable. One may kill that process but the result will be catastrophic.– Biswapriyo
May 3 '18 at 17:30
I suppose setting up an alias to kill all background tasks and exit would work, it just feels like far too much of a hack. But if that's what it takes, that's what I'll do
– laverya
May 3 '18 at 18:30