WSL installation fails with “A specified logon session does not exist. It may already have been terminated.”

i’ve tried to install wsl on Win 11 PRO PC and got this:

PS C:\Users\login> wsl --install -d Debian
The requested operation requires elevation.
Installing: Windows Subsystem for Linux
A specified logon session does not exist. It may already have been terminated.

solution:

• start menu > Turn Windows features on or off
• tick [x] for Windows Subsystem for Linux

try again

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