Remove wsl --unregister DISTRO_NAME from the recommended commands to be run when "something goes wrong"

[clmnin]

Description

I had the below two windows updates performed

• Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Insider Preview (10.0.22623.870) (KB5018499)
• Update Stack Package - (Version 1022.1018.1012.0)

And on restart I see a window saying "Something went wrong". And was asked to run the following commands

Something went wrong.
Please restart WSL with the following command and try again:
wsl --shutdown
wsl --unregister DISTRO_NAME

But wsl --unregister DISTRO_NAME is a dangerous command and should not be run by the uninitiated.

--unregister <Distro>
    Unregisters the distribution and deletes the root filesystem.

This does not seem to be a Windows WSL issue. I was redirected to this repo - here is my original issue raised in microsoft/WSL#9049

I've attached the image of the window asking me to run wsl --unregister DISTRO_NAME

Need and use case

No warning is currently given when asking the user to run wsl --unregister DISTRO_NAME .

I had previously faced this same issue ("Something went wrong") and had unknowingly ran wsl --unregister (link to my previous issue - microsoft/WSL#8992 ). Which resulted me in loosing my data, I've recovered since then. But adding a warning to let future users know of the consequence would be great.

Additional information

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[abdoulayemedra]

Ihave the same problem

[gar71]

I had to run wsl --update and then I got past the Ubuntu installer error.

[cotizcesar]

I had to run wsl --update and then I got past the Ubuntu installer error.

Worked perfectly!

[pinzutu]

@clmnin Do you remember which steps you undertook to recover your filesystem after using the --unregister flag?

[clmnin]

@pinzutu I moved to a Mac and even stopped being a PC gamer (got a PS and a steam deck). I'm never even touching WSL with a ten foot pole.

• Microsoft won't fix this bad design Remove wsl --unregister DISTRO_NAME from the recommended commands to be run when "something goes wrong" microsoft/WSL#9049
• Canonical won't fix this error screen (I don't know if they did)

[pinzutu]

@clmnin I see. Thank you for the reply still! I do agree that the "unregister" flag being synonymous to "delete filesystem" could be highlighted more clearly to the user than through a --help entry.