Remote Development: wslserver.sh not found

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Description:

When typing code . in my vscode instance attached to WSL2, I kept getting:

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   [2020-07-03 13:12:37.919] sh: 1: /scripts/wslServer.sh: not found
   [2020-07-03 13:12:37.920] VS Code Server for WSL closed unexpectedly.
   [2020-07-03 13:12:37.920] For help with startup problems, go to
   [2020-07-03 13:12:37.920] https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/troubleshooting#_wsl-tips

Upon further investigation I found that I could not find /mnt/c from within WSL2 so I knew something was up.

To Resolve:

  1. Found the fix in one of the first searches:

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    wsl.exe --shutdown
    
    • This seems to be something to do with Docker running on my host machine.

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