Answered by : bored-boar-zolewsdp3nqf

wsl --shutdown
wsl

Source : https://superuser.com/questions/1126721/rebooting-ubuntu-on-windows-without-rebooting-windows | Last Update : Fri, 09 Apr 21

Answered by : michael-m-dbqt1b5p694h

# in powershell as administrator:
Restart-Service LxssManager

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Answered by : tzvi-greenfeld

# close all apps accessing linux files (e.g. vscode)
# shutdown WSL distribution
$ wsl --shutdown Ubuntu
# confirm WSL distribution has shut down
$ wsl -l -v
# start the WSL distributuion again
$ wsl -d Ubuntu

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Answered by : long-lemur-7vkkwzdawwa0

wsl.exe --shutdown
wsl

Source : https://superuser.com/questions/1126721/rebooting-ubuntu-on-windows-without-rebooting-windows | Last Update : Thu, 05 Aug 21

Answered by : obedient-ocelot-hv5h2er0rks2

Get-Service LxssManager | Restart-Service

Source : https://www.how2shout.com/how-to/how-to-reboot-wsl-windows-subsystem-linux-in-windows-10.html | Last Update : Tue, 11 Aug 20