Unable to get WSL 2 working with Docker for ARM on a brand new Surface 11 ARM machine

[Lenni Lobel]

I just got two brand new top-of-the-line Surface Pro 11s last week, which of course use an ARM processor. I need to run SQL Server locally, but of course SQL Server won't run on ARM processors, and so I need to get a Docker solution working.My ultimate goal is to run SQL Server 2022 in Linux containers on Docker for ARM, using WSL 2 and QEMU for x86 emulation on ARM inside a container. But I have been incredibly frustrated, because I'm unable to get past the first step, which is running WSL 2. All attempts at wsl --list or wsl --install fail with Class not registered. Error code: Wsl/CallMsi/I

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