Usbipd Warning The Service Is Currently Not Running A Reboot Should Fix That |best| -

a reboot, it is almost certainly a firewall or third-party antivirus software blocking the local network connection (port 3240) that uses to talk to Linux.

USB over IP (USB/IP) is a protocol that shares USB devices over a network. In the context of WSL, usbipd-win is a Windows service that acts as a bridge. It runs in the background, listening for requests from your WSL instance to forward USB traffic. a reboot, it is almost certainly a firewall

The warning "usbipd: error: The service is currently not running; a reboot should fix that" It runs in the background, listening for requests

Confirm kernel-mode driver and WSL integration (if using WSL2) – Unbind devices before unplugging to avoid service

You do not need to reboot if you can start the service manually.

With the steps outlined in this article, you can confidently resolve the "service not running" error and fully leverage USB device sharing between Windows and WSL 2.

– Unbind devices before unplugging to avoid service confusion: