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How to install a Linux development environment on Windows using Ubuntu and WSL2
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Map network drive as better option for "Add Ubuntu to Windows Explorer" #2

Open xolve opened 4 years ago

xolve commented 4 years ago

Thankful for this step-by-step process for WSL2. I would like to add that network shares like \\ws$\ubuntu do not work with Windows command prompt. With mapping that to a drive letter like Z: makes it seamless operation to work with Ubuntu disk. Would you like me to raise a PR for that?

mikemaccana commented 4 years ago

Sure! Love more additions.

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Thankful for this step-by-step process for WSL2. I would like to add that network shares like \ws$\ubuntu do not work with Windows command prompt. With mapping that to a drive letter like Z: makes it seamless operation to work with Ubuntu disk. Would you like me to raise a PR for that?

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mikemaccana commented 3 years ago

BTW in Powershell

cd \\wsl\ubuntu