[SOLVED] Can't start ubuntu terminal after using Docker/Docker Desktop

Issue

I'm receiving the following errors when trying to open my Ubuntu terminal (I'm using WSL2):

<3>WSL (18709) ERROR: ConfigUpdateLanguage:2950: fopen(/etc/default/locale) failed 5
<3>WSL (18709) ERROR: CreateProcessEntryCommon:577: execvpe /usr/bin/zsh failed 5
<3>WSL (18709) ERROR: CreateProcessEntryCommon:586: Create process not expected to return

[process exited with code 1 (0x00000001)]

A quick google search turned up some results related to Docker (but nothing directly related to my issue), so I'm wondering if the fact I used Docker recently (yesterday) has something to do with it. Any help/ideas are greatly appreciated.

Solution

You could try the whole "turn it off and back on again" by running wsl.exe --shutdown in Powershell to forcibly shut it down and then start it back up.

Answered By - Magnie Mozios

Answer Checked By - Senaida (WPSolving Volunteer)