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WSL2 breaks VirtualBox 6.1 #798

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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-faq#will-i-be-able-to-run-wsl-2-and-other-3rd-party-virtualization-tools-such-as-vmware-or-virtualbox says:

This lets applications use the Hyper-V architecture for their emulation such as the Google Android Emulator, and VirtualBox 6 and above which are both now compatible with Hyper-V.

Unfortunately, it's not true. Running Windows 10 version 2004 and VirtualBox 6.1, enabling WSL2 causes Ubuntu/VB to boot to a blank rectangular screen with rapidly blinking cursor. This happens despite the VM being configured to use HyperV and with HyperV enabled in Windows Features.

Worse yet, the only way I could manage to get VB working again was to restore to before installation of WSL2 and reinstall ("Repair") VirtualBox.

This is a duplicate of #536, but that issue is closed and I see no way to reopen it.

See also https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62184881/virtualbox-and-wsl2 and https://superuser.com/questions/1531337/cant-run-virtualbox-6-1-4-with-hyper-v

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