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How to change default user in WSL

The generic command line is :

<distributionfile.exe> config --default-user <username>

You can list all the distribution installed in the Windows Store and with :

wsl --list --all

The ‘distributionfile’ executable can be found in the folder %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\WindowsApps

Microsoft Store distributionfile
Alpine WSL Alpine.exe
Debian debian.exe
Ubuntu ubuntu.exe
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ubuntu1804.exe
Kali Linux kali.exe
openSUZE-Leap-15-1 SLES-15-SP1.exe
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