Windows 11 Cannot install WSL on new laptop

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Nifemi Fatoye

When trying to install WSL from the microsoft store I get the error message:Something unexpected happened:Reporting this problem will help us understand it better. You can wait a bit and try again or restart your device. That may help.Code: 0x80070490So far I have tried:Ensuring "Windows Subsystem for Linux", "Windows Hypervisor Platform" and "Virtual Machine Platform" are enabled in windows features and restartingUpdating my device to the latest version and restartingAttempting to install it via the command prompt with administrator permissions with wsl --install. This loads up to 90% then gi

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