WSL drive button in TC

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WSL drive button in TC

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In order to access the WSL file subsystem, you have to type \\wsl$ in TC. Is it possible to make a separate button for this. In the explorer I see it as a Linux drive.


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Maybe you can map \\wsl$ as a Network drive (Menu -> "Net" -> "Network connections") ?
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Have you tried a button with command:
cd \\wsl$
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I can, of course, create a button and just enter it manually, but using the WSL button as a native interface element would be logical.
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petermad wrote: 2023-06-05, 12:47 UTC Maybe you can map \\wsl$ as a Network drive (Menu -> "Net" -> "Network connections") ?

By the way, that trick doesn't work.
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By the way, that trick doesn't work.
Too bad. Can you share \\wsl$ - then it might be possible to map it to a drive letter
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petermad wrote: 2023-06-05, 18:49 UTC Can you share \\wsl$
No, I was not able to somehow share it.

It's more a question of consistency between what explorer and TC shows. Intuitively, you expect that what is in explorer will also be in TC and even more.
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you expect that what is in explorer will also be in TC and even more.
Since it is a part of Windows, that is fair to expect.
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