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# Resets the password for the default LXSS / WSL bash user, based on https://askubuntu.com/a/808425/697555
$lxssUsername = (Get-ItemProperty HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lxss).DefaultUsername
lxrun /setdefaultuser root
bash -c "passwd $lxssUsername"
lxrun /setdefaultuser $lxssUsername
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nitinjs commented Mar 5, 2019

getting E r r o r : 0 x 8 0 0 7 0 0 0 2

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