linux penguin icon not showing up (windows 11) and i can't acess ubuntu if i fix it in the sidebar, only if i type it at the top

[murigrilos]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26200.8037]

WSL Version

2.6.3.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

6.6.87.2-1

Distro Version

Ubuntu 24.04

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

i made a backup before updating to windows 11, then imported it using wsl --import Ubuntu C:\WSL\Ubuntu "C:\Users\MyUsername\Downloads\backup.tar"

Expected Behavior

i was expecting to see a little penguin icon in the explorer sidebar

Actual Behavior

nothing shows up

Diagnostic Logs

No response

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Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
.\collect-wsl-logs.ps1

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[murigrilos]

/feature

[murigrilos]

i guess

[github-actions]

Diagnostic information

Found '/feature', adding tag 'feature'