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My 1TB hard disk contains two drive, C:\ and D:\, each 490GB. Windows 10 is installed in C:. How can I install WSL2 and Ubuntu distro on D:?

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  • As this question has been (rightfully) closed as off-topic, I'd recommend posting it over on [Unix & Linux Stack Exchange](https://unix.stackexchange.com) instead, where it would be appropriate. There's a fairly straightforward way to "move" a distribution anywhere you need. – NotTheDr01ds Jan 14 '21 at 19:19

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The Distro needs to be stored on your subsystem. You can create a new user.

Troubleshooting [ The Windows Subsystem for Linux only runs on your system drive (usually this is your C: drive). Make sure that distributions are stored on your system drive: Open Settings -> **System --> Storage -> More Storage Settings: Change where new content is saved

Options to try

These options may work. If not you can always install and set D: as the working directory.

1.Custom configuration of distro

Sample/reference launcher app for WSL distro Microsoft Store packages.

  1. Install via PowerShell and WSL .exe

Download WSL Distro from Microsoft server to a folder on the D: drive and execute the exe from the command line with config options

  1. Open PowerShell
  2. Run Set-Location D:
  3. create a directory for WSL
    New-Item WSL -Type Directory
  4. Run Set-Location .\WSL
  5. Run Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/wsl-ubuntu-1604 -OutFile Ubuntu.appx -UseBasicParsing
  6. Run Add-AppxPackage .\app_name.appx

installing Distro -Microsoft docs

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