Security issue: Service not removable. Task: Provide uninstall instructions.

[diqidoq]

It would be helpful to provide uninstall instructions on the project's README or uninstall functionality in code since this service is registered but not removable. So I thought it would be useful to post this recommendation as a # TODO ?

Examples:

Testing wsl2host.exe stop will cause failed to stop wsl2host: could not access service: The specified service does not exist as an installed service.

Testing wsl2host.exe remove will cause failed to remove wsl2host: service wsl2host is not installed

But trying to install again wsl2host.exe remove will cause failed to install wsl2host: SetupEventLogSource() failed: SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\wsl2host registry key already exists

What means the service is still on the system but cannot be removed nor reinstalled.

[diqidoq]

And since microsoft/WSL#4150 still recommends this as a workaround I think it is mandatory to fix this?

[shayne]

Did you upgrade your Windows Insider build? I've experienced the upgrade process removes the wsl2host service, but not cleanly. If you delete that registry key and reinstall it'll work.

I'll work on a solution so at least reinstalling it is straightforward.

[shayne]

https://github.com/shayne/go-wsl2-host/releases/tag/v0.2.2

v0.2.2 addresses the remove issue and I've added uninstall instructions to the project's README.