Exporting
In PowerShell:
wsl --export Ubuntu Ubuntu-01.tar
where Ubuntu is the distro name.
Importing
wsl --import UbuntuA C:\Users\dmitriano\wsl\UbuntuA Ubuntu-24.01.tar
probably the folder C:\Users\dmitriano\wsl\UbuntuA should exist.
The following files are created:
ext4.vhdx
shortcut.ico
Listing
wsl --list
Windows Subsystem for Linux Distributions:
Ubuntu (Default)
UbuntuA
Ubuntu-22.04
Running
wsl -d UbuntuA
wsl –import Ubuntu-24.04a C:\dev\wsl\Ubuntu-24.04a .\Ubuntu-24.04.1.tar –version 2
wsl –set-default Ubuntu-24.04a
wsl –unregister Ubuntu-24.04