Open WSL Terminal. Navigate the root directory or top folder inside of the Terminal. Type in explorer.exe and hit Enter to open that location inside of the File Explorer. After you access these files ...

Amid the raft of promised changes Microsoft has recently made regarding Windows 11 was nestled a small but interesting update ...

Having been announced at Build, Microsoft has now given us our first look and a few extra details on the upcoming WSL Settings application. The app will allow for easier on the fly tweaks to WSL ...

Windows 10 is getting improved integration between the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and File Explorer that allows you to directly access the folders of installed Linux distributions. Currently, ...

While opening the Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 11/10, if you get an error message saying An error occurred mounting one of your file systems, these ...

One of Windows Subsystem for Linux's more annoying tricks is it's hard to get at your Linux files from Windows. Oh, you can do it, but you take a real chance of ruining the files. To quote Microsoft, ...

I remember back when WSL was first released, in 2016 or thereabouts, there were strong warnings against trying to access your Linux files from Windows apps: it was easy for permissions to get messed ...

Getting a previously set up Linux distribution back up and running is a breeze. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Whatever the ...

Windows 10's infamous October 2018 Update is soon to become a distant memory, as Microsoft is hard at work putting the polish on the next major Windows build, expected in April. In a new blog post, ...

The Windows Subsystem for Linux is bridging the divide between Windows and Linux by letting you run Windows 10 programs directly within a Linux shell. One of the strengths of the Windows Subsystem for ...