Compact failed
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Problem with the final copy commands:
Move-Item: An object at the specified path C:\Users\RD2A7~1.FIN does not exist.
Get-Item: Cannot find path 'C:\Users\RD2A7~1.FIN\AppData\Local\Temp\wslcompact\Ubuntu.vhdx' because it does not exist.
Full output:
wslcompact -c
WslCompact v8.7 2023.03.01
(C) 2023 Oscar Lopez
wslcompact -h for help. For more information visit: https://github.com/okibcn/wslcompact
Distro's name: Ubuntu
Image file: C:\Users\Robula\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState\ext4.vhdx
Current size: 69524 MB
Estimated size: 43648 +/- 1065 MB
The estimated process time using an SSD is about 11 minutes.
NOTE: You can safely cancel at any time by pressing Ctrl-C
Import in progress, this may take a few minutes.
The operation completed successfully.
Move-Item: An object at the specified path C:\Users\RD2A7~1.FIN does not exist.
Get-Item: Cannot find path 'C:\Users\RD2A7~1.FIN\AppData\Local\Temp\wslcompact\Ubuntu.vhdx' because it does not exist.
New Image compacted from 69524 MB to 0 MB
Do you want to apply changes and use the new image (y/N): n
Here is my $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 7.3.4
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.3.4
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.23430
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0
It is quite interesting that the local temp file is not C:\Users\Robula\AppData\Local\Temp\wslcompact\Ubuntu.vhdx
It seems that your temp folder is not under your user folder tree. wslcompact uses the TEMP
variable. Can you check it by typing this in powershell:
ls env:T*
In normal conditions it should return something like:
Name Value
---- -----
TMP C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Temp
TEMP C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Temp
I don't know what could be happening in your system, a virus, a software changing the temp folder, or an unknown problem with your Windows 11. The command above could bring some light on this issue.
I have been having the same problem (when trying to compact my docker-desktop-data data image). I have successfully compacted this image before, however, I now cannot get past the above messages. I have tried:
wsl --shutdown
prior towslcompact
- running
wslcompact
immediately after startup (wsl does not open at startup on my machine) - changing
TMP
andTEMP
locations to a different drive (external HDD) - Editing the
wslcompact
code to run line 100 (wsl --unregister wslcompact | Out-Null
) before line 99 (Move-Item...
) - Further editing the above to run
wsl --shutdown
and a 5 second sleep, after theunregister
command, before attemptingMove-Item...
Every time I got the same pair of errors: Move-Item...
failed, causing line 101 $size2 = (Get-Item...
to fail.