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I'm getting the following error trying to compact my WSL:
C:\Users\darnold> wsl --shutdown
C:\Users\darnold> wslcompact -c Ubuntu
WslCompact v8.7 2023.03.01
(C) 2023 Oscar Lopez
wslcompact -h for help. For more information visit: https://github.com/okibcn/wslcompact
Distro's name: Ubuntu
Image file: C:\Users\darnold\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState\ext4.vhdx
Current size: 42943 MB
Estimated size: 2609 +/- 64 MB
The estimated process time using an SSD is about 1 minutes.
NOTE: You can safely cancel at any time by pressing Ctrl-C
Move-Item : The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
At C:\Users\darnold\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\WslCompact\WslCompact.psm1:99 char:25
+ ... Move-Item "$tmp_folder/ext4.vhdx" "$tmp_folder/$wsl_distr ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Users\darnol...mpact\ext4.vhdx:FileInfo) [Move-Item], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MoveFileInfoItemIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.MoveItemCommand
Get-Item : Cannot find path 'C:\Users\darnold\AppData\Local\Temp\wslcompact\Ubuntu.vhdx' because it does not exist.
At C:\Users\darnold\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\WslCompact\WslCompact.psm1:101 char:35
+ ... $size2 = (Get-Item -Path "$tmp_folder/$wsl_distro.vhdx").Length ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Users\darnol...act\Ubuntu.vhdx:String) [Get-Item], ItemNotFoundExcep
tion
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetItemCommand
New Image compacted from 42943 MB to 0 MB
Do you want to apply changes and use the new image (y/N): n
C:\Users\darnold>
I tried a reboot, in case something might have been using WSL, but it made no difference.
Any suggestions appreciated!
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I'm getting the following error trying to compact my WSL:
I tried a reboot, in case something might have been using WSL, but it made no difference.
Any suggestions appreciated!
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: