Windows 11 and wsl2 import enable default user.

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Starting point for the export/import : https://www.hanselman.com/blog/how-to-set-the-default-user-for-a-wsl-distro-that-has-been-manually-installed-with-wsl-import.

Step that worked for me: microsoft/WSL#4276 (comment)

Unfortunately, I wasn't successful with importing and enabling the default user.

Complete steps:

  # 1. export default or Ubuntu-20.04
  wsl --export Ubuntu c:\Temp\UbuntuBackup.tar

 # 2. copy the file to the new machine and import or Ubuntu-20.04
 wsl --import Ubuntu c:\Linux c:\Temp\UbuntuBackup.tar

 # 3. Configure user or Ubuntu2004.exe config --default-user {user}
 ubuntu.exe config --default-user {user}