Unable to start .exe files after Debian12 update

[Fede2782]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Versione 10.0.22621.2213]

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

Debian 12

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

Open a fresh Debian installation and then run "explorer.exe ." or any other .exe file

Expected Behavior

Before Debian 12 if I executed .exe they would start normally

Actual Behavior

-bash: /mnt/c/Windows/explorer.exe: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error

Diagnostic Logs

No response

[HUAHUAI23]

I'm having the same problem.

[U3erKa]

I had the same problem on ubuntu. The solution/workaround recently got mentioned in #8843 and #8952

Run this in bash:

sudo sh -c 'echo :WSLInterop:M::MZ::/init:PF > /usr/lib/binfmt.d/WSLInterop.conf'

After that restart your WSL distro:

wsl --shutdown

[Fede2782]

It works. However it should be included out of the box as it happened before Debian12

[OneBlue]

/dupe #8843