Why Did My WSL Linux Reappear After I Thought I Uninstalled It?
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TechyGamer88
I followed a YouTube tutorial about 19 days ago to uninstall my WSL Linux, but today while I was playing games on my PC, I noticed the 'Linux Settings' icon appearing in my Windows start menu. I checked my file explorer and saw that the Linux folder had reappeared, even though it's empty. Just to clarify, I'm using an Asus R556L running Windows 10.
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It sounds like your WSL isn't fully disabled. Even after uninstalling a distro, if WSL is still enabled as a feature in Windows, it can show up again. The empty folder makes sense since no additional distributions have been installed yet.
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GameMaster79: But I thought I turned it off completely when I uninstalled it.