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duplicate wsl distro

You first must export the WSL distribution you wish to clone.

1. wsl.exe --export OriginalDistributionName FileName.tar

You must now import the distribution you just cloned with the following command:

2. wsl.exe --import ClonedDistributionName InstallLocation FileName.tar

You can start the cloned distribution by running the following command:

3. wsl --distribution ClonedDistributionName