Unable to find interpreter for launching .exe files using Interop after enabling systemd

[fyndor]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.1848]

WSL Version

1.2.5.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.90.1

Distro Version

Ubuntu-22.04

Other Software

Visual Studio Code, version 1.79.2

Repro Steps

Add the following lines to /etc/wsl.conf:

[boot]
systemd=true

Shutdown WSL using the following command:
wsl --shutdown

Restart WSL and now Windows exes like VSCode will no longer start with the error:

run-detectors: unable to find an interpreter for /mnt/c/Users/MyUserName/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft VS Code/Code.exe

To fix this, I found on the internet that I could create a file /usr/lib/binfmt.d/WSLInterop.conf and set it's contents to the following:

:WSLInterop:M::MZ::/init:PF

Once I create that file containing the above text, and rebooted WSL, Windows exe would start as expected when running inside WSL

Expected Behavior

I expect that when I enable systemd support in WSL, I should be able to continue to run Windows exes inside WSL, just as they had worked before enabling systemd

Actual Behavior

By enabling systemd support in WSL, I no longer was able to run Windows exes

Diagnostic Logs

No response

[oldium]

This looks like a a dup of #8843

[OneBlue]

/dupe 8843

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