Warning 1946 from WSL update to 2.4.13.0

[patheikkinen]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26100.3476]

WSL Version

2.4.13.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

No response

Distro Version

No response

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

wsl --update

Checking for updates.
Updating Windows Subsystem for Linux to version: 2.4.13.
Warning 1946.Property 'System.AppUserModel.ID' for shortcut 'WSL.lnk' could not be set.

Unlike a previous issue with similar symptoms, no PowerToys install is involved.

Expected Behavior

Clearly a successful install shouldn't spit out warning 1946.

Actual Behavior

See above.

Diagnostic Logs

No response

[github-actions]

Logs are required for review from WSL team

If this a feature request, please reply with '/feature'. If this is a question, reply with '/question'.
Otherwise please attach logs by following the instructions below, your issue will not be reviewed unless they are added. These logs will help us understand what is going on in your machine.

How to collect WSL logs

Download and execute collect-wsl-logs.ps1 in an administrative powershell prompt:

Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/WSL/master/diagnostics/collect-wsl-logs.ps1" -OutFile collect-wsl-logs.ps1
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
.\collect-wsl-logs.ps1

The script will output the path of the log file once done.

If this is a networking issue, please use collect-networking-logs.ps1, following the instructions here

Once completed please upload the output files to this Github issue.

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[patheikkinen]

WslLogs-2025-03-30_15-21-20.zip

Probably useless but required by policy.

btw it looks like the lnk file was updated and everything works so far, so the bug is probably that it emits a warning for no good reason...

[github-actions]

The log file doesn't contain any WSL traces. Please make sure that you reproduced the issue while the log collection was running.

Diagnostic information

Appx package is not installed
Found no WSL traces in the logs

[patheikkinen]

How do you get past that log bot with an install time bug?

[OneBlue]

Thank you @patheikkinen. This is unfortunately a powertoys issue. Fixed by microsoft/PowerToys#37654

[patheikkinen]

@OneBlue How could it possibly be? I don't have PowerToys installed, as I mentioned in the description.