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UbuntuOnWindows: Restoring backup directory causes UbuntuOnWindows to fail starting
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As this blog: Do not change Linux files using Windows apps and tools and many others explicitly state, if you use a Windows program to create or modify files in Ubuntu on Windows they will become corrupted. You must use a Linux program to copy, restore or modify files within Ubuntu for Windows.
I suspect you used a Windows program to restore the .zip file and not a Linux program like one of those found here: Zipping and Unzipping Files in UNIX