How-to's How to move WSL file system to another drive
1. Shutdown the WSL
  1. wsl --shutdown
2. Navigate to the WSL directory C:\Users\Development\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu20.04LTS_79rhkp1fndgsc 3. Move the LocalState directory to another drive
C:\Users\Development\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu20.04LTS_79rhkp1fndgsc
  1. move LocalState D:\WSL\Ubuntu-20.04
C:\Users\Development\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu20.04LTS_79rhkp1fndgsc D:\WSL\Ubuntu-20.04 4. Create a directory junction
C:\Users\Development\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu20.04LTS_79rhkp1fndgsc
  1. mklink /J LocalState D:\WSL\Ubuntu-20.04\LocalState
Junction created for LocalState <<===>> D:\WSL\Ubuntu-20.04\LocalState
C:\Users\Development\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu20.04LTS_79rhkp1fndgsc