Start up WSL Ubuntu Logon failure: the user has not been granted the requested logon type at this computer.

When you tried startup WSL when it was stopped and you got an error message Logon failure: the user has not been granted the requested logon type at this computer. The solution is restart vmcompute service.

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PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> wsl --list --verbose
  NAME                   STATE           VERSION
* docker-desktop         Stopped         2
  Ubuntu                 Stopped         2
  docker-desktop-data    Stopped         2

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> wsl
Logon failure: the user has not been granted the requested logon type at this computer.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> wsl -d Ubuntu
Logon failure: the user has not been granted the requested logon type at this computer.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Service vmcompute | Restart-Service

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> wsl -d Ubuntu
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