WSABuilds/Documentation/Fix Guides/Post-Install Issues/WSA Stopped Working!.md
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# WSABuilds &nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/MustardChef/WSABuilds/total?label=Total%20Downloads&style=for-the-badge"/> &nbsp;
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## Issues: WSA Stopped Working!
![1091802599323336722(1)](https://github.com/MustardChef/WSABuilds/assets/68516357/fea3404d-cac6-4bd8-8ef4-2431d7aa34c4)
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##### ***You may encounter this problem. WSA has been working fine for you, but all of a sudden, it breaks/ stops working. You are distraught. What do you do, when WSA beloved had been borked.***
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## Solution:
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1. ***Go to "Turn Windows features on and off" and if any of these features below are enabled, DISABLE THEM.***
- Hyper-V
- Virtual Machine Platform
- Windows Hypervisor Platform
- Windows Subsystem for Linux
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2. ***Restart your PC***
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3. ***Boot into your BIOS, and DISABLE Virtualization.***
- ***[Click here for a guide for Windows 11](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enable-virtualization-on-windows-11-pcs-c5578302-6e43-4b4b-a449-8ced115f58e1)***
- ***[Click here for a guide for Windows 10](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enable-virtualization-on-windows-10-pcs-c5578302-6e43-4b4b-a449-8ced115f58e1)***
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4. ***Ensure that you have Control Flow Guard enabled in Windows Security > Apps & browser control > Exploit protection.*** This is a known issue that can prevent WSA from starting
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5. ***In registry editor (regedit), go to “\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\FsDepends"***
Change the value of “Start” from “3” to “0”
> **Note**
> You can change it back to 3, if it makes no difference
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6. ***Then in CMD (Run as Adminstrator), paste:***
```cmd
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto
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7. ***ENABLE the features that you disabled in ``Step 1`` and restart a second time.***
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8. ***Boot into your BIOS, and ENABLE Virtualization.***
- ***[Click here for a guide for Windows 11](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enable-virtualization-on-windows-11-pcs-c5578302-6e43-4b4b-a449-8ced115f58e1)***
- ***[Click here for a guide for Windows 10](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enable-virtualization-on-windows-10-pcs-c5578302-6e43-4b4b-a449-8ced115f58e1)***
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9. ***Restart the Computer***
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10. ***Try re-running WSA by running `Run.bat` or via the Windows Subsystem for Android Settings app***
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**Hope this works for you!**
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